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HipChick

(25,485 posts)
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 05:12 PM Feb 2017

BBC to Donald - Here's a link for every attack you said we never carried..

opps..forget he can't read..

We have reproduced the list that was subsequently produced below, and explained what happened in each case and whether we reported on it.

Just because the BBC covered an attack does not mean that incident was not under-reported, although it is unclear whether Mr Trump was referring to US or global news organisations.

Some terrorist incidents do get more coverage than others, a point hotly debated on social media.

Most of the atrocities listed by the White House were committed by Islamists, and the killing of nine black worshippers by a self-avowed white supremacist in South Carolina is notably absent.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-38890090

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BBC to Donald - Here's a link for every attack you said we never carried.. (Original Post) HipChick Feb 2017 OP
Kudos to the BBC matt819 Feb 2017 #1
I would be surprised if he checks out the BBC TexasBushwhacker Feb 2017 #2
Now his complaint is that they didn't cover the attacks enough gratuitous Feb 2017 #3
I just wish we wouldn't fall for every Ragnaut Feb 2017 #4
Problem is, if you don't respond, people believe it more elias7 Feb 2017 #7
"Well, OK, but the only reason they covered the stories was to make President Trump look bad!" struggle4progress Feb 2017 #5
Trump would reply. lpbk2713 Feb 2017 #6

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
3. Now his complaint is that they didn't cover the attacks enough
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 05:19 PM
Feb 2017

I don't know what the hell that means, or what metric the Trump administration is using, but it morphed real fast from President Trump's charge that a bunch of terrorist attacks hadn't been covered at all to that they hadn't received sufficient coverage.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but those two positions aren't the same thing at all.

 

Ragnaut

(7 posts)
4. I just wish we wouldn't fall for every
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 05:43 PM
Feb 2017

piece of bait. Of course he was wrong with the statement.

That said - every media outlet is a buzz pointing to all the atrocities that were covered.

What do you think that douchbag wanted?

elias7

(4,036 posts)
7. Problem is, if you don't respond, people believe it more
Tue Feb 7, 2017, 06:39 PM
Feb 2017

It's hard to combat a sociopath unless EVERYONE is willing to get on the same page. It's the Republicans move.

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