TIME MAGAZINE COLUMNIST’S TRUMP QUOTE WENT VIRAL — THEN HE ADMITTED HE MADE IT UP

[Right_in_Virginia]

TIME MAGAZINE COLUMNIST’S TRUMP QUOTE WENT VIRAL — THEN HE ADMITTED HE MADE IT UP
Daily Caller, May 26, 2019,  Peter Hasson

Time Magazine columnist Ian Bremmer on Sunday tweeted a quote from President Donald Trump about North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un that quickly went viral — but it wasn’t real.

“President Trump in Tokyo: ‘Kim Jong Un is smarter and would make a better President than Sleepy Joe Biden.'” Bremmer wrote on Twitter.

While Trump did praise the North Korean dictator’s insult of former Vice President Joe Biden, the president never said what Bremmer quoted him saying — because Bremmer made it up.

Bremmer left the false tweet up for several hours before conceding he made up the quote and deleting the tweet, which he defended as “plausible.”

“This is objectively a completely ludicrous quote. And yet kinda plausible. Especially on twitter, where people automatically support whatever political position they have. That’s the point.” Bremmer wrote in a since-deleted correction.

Bremmer’s tweet went viral among Trump critics before he took it down.


More:  https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/26/ian-bremmer-fake-trump-quote/

[Right_in_Virginia]

Donald J. Trump
‏Verified account  @realDonaldTrump

.@ianbremmer now admits that he MADE UP “a completely ludicrous quote,” attributing it to me. This is what’s going on in the age of Fake News. People think they can say anything and get away with it. Really, the libel laws should be changed to hold Fake News Media accountable!

1:57 AM - 27 May 2019

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1132933851133534210

[Bill Cipher]

Trump would be a very poor man if the libel laws were relaxed in the way he favors. 

[sneakypete]

Well,it is so rare for the left to admit they made something up that we have to give him kudos for doing so.

[sneakypete]

Trump would be a very poor man if the libel laws were relaxed in the way he favors.

@Bill Cipher

Let's see,here. A Time magazine reporter makes up a lie and reports it as the truth,and SOMEHOW this is Trumps fault?

You must be an Honor graduate of Troll School?

[Bill Cipher]

@Bill Cipher

Let's see,here. A Time magazine reporter makes up a lie and reports it as the truth,and SOMEHOW this is Trumps fault?

You must be an Honor graduate of Troll School?

I’m not talking about this instance, boy-o, but rather Trump’s own predilection for lying in general. 

[Right_in_Virginia]

I’m not talking about this instance, boy-o, but rather Trump’s own predilection for lying in general.

You are a very confused soul.   

[Sanguine]

I watched this unfold on Twitter yesterday.  Pretty amazing.

[Bill Cipher]

You are a very confused soul.   

No dearie, you are. 

[rustynail]

"Fake, but Accurate".

[Right_in_Virginia]

No dearie, you are.

I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this, Sparky.  Ping me when you come up for air from your puddle of hate and we'll discuss.

[Mod2]

Cut it out.  Take this elsewhere.

[ABX]

He learned from the master.

https://www.politicalflare.com/2019/04/trump-just-made-up-a-quote-to-praise-himself-as-the-great-hostage-negotiator-in-history/

[Hoodat]

"Fake, but Accurate".

I've seen this movie before.

[Free Vulcan]

Trump would be a very poor man if the libel laws were relaxed in the way he favors.

Sounds like Dan Rather is your hero.

What's the frequency Kenneth?

[Bill Cipher]

Sounds like Dan Rather is your hero.

What's the frequency Kenneth?

Sounds like you don’t know what you’re talking about, and want to engage in ad hominems.  Can do. 

[Free Vulcan]

Sounds like you don’t know what you’re talking about, and want to engage in ad hominems.  Can do.

I'm not the one who seems to think journalists making up things about Republican presidents out of thin air is cool.

[ABX]

I’m not talking about this instance, boy-o, but rather Trump’s own predilection for lying in general.

I think some are just missing the irony as Trump has fabricated quotes out of thin air in his Twitter feed before, I posted just one example above.

This is a pot/kettle situation. Both sides deserve each other

[Bill Cipher]

I'm not the one who seems to think journalists making up things about Republican presidents out of thin air is cool.

I never said it was cool.  All I said was that Trump would himself be sued into penury if the libel laws were relaxed in the way he wants. 

Why don’t you try reading what I post, instead of just assuming you know what I “really” meant?

[DCPatriot]

I never said it was cool.  All I said was that Trump would himself be sued into penury if the libel laws were relaxed in the way he wants. 

Why don’t you try reading what I post, instead of just assuming you know what I “really” meant?

Being a columnist or whatever for the NYT, tweeting a lie...a made-up 'quote' by the POTUS, which goes viral?

That is very serious.

A POTUS 'lying' about a person's intellect, or passion for the job?   

Not so much.

[mystery-ak]

Time Magazine Columnist Who Forged Trump Quote Apologizes
https://dailycaller.com/2019/05/27/time-magazine-ian-bremmer-trump-biden-kim-jong-un-quote/

[Fishrrman]

Why the arguin' with Mr. Cipher?
He's been on my ignore list for a LONG time now!