CNN: Trump lied to anchors about immigration to get 'positive press coverage' in run-up to speech

[DonViejo]

DAVID FERGUSON
01 MAR 2017 AT 14:42 ET

CNN’s White House correspondent Sara Murray said Wednesday that the White House pulled a “bait-and-switch” with anchors from the network at a meeting on Tuesday regarding the topic of immigration.

“Let’s just change gears entirely and talk about the bait and switch that the president pulled when it came to immigration yesterday. He had this meeting with the anchors, he talked about a path to legal status,” Murray said, according to Media Matters.

“Basically they fed us things that they thought these anchors would like, that they thought would give them positive press coverage for the next few hours. A senior administration official admitted that it was a misdirection play. And you will note that when the president was actually out there speaking to the American public, he didn’t talk about a path to legal status,” she explained.

“He talked about reforming the legal immigration system so it’s merit-based,” Murray said. “That means fewer low-skilled workers, fewer people coming on family ties, more people coming on high-skilled visas. That is still closer to a Stephen Miller and Steve Bannon framework of the world than Gang of Eight, who pushed comprehensive immigration reform.”

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[Tanuki]

1. Wow. I hope this gets the wide coverage it deserves.

This is despicable and thoroughly unacceptable in a democracy.

[TNLib]

2. That sucks!

[C_U_L8R]

3. CNN, how does it feel to be a useful tool?

There is no good that can come from trying to
please a self-absorbed charlatan who has never had
a true friend in his life. Frog, meet Scorpion.

[bigbrother05]

4. Misdirection on a pending military action makes us safer

Misdirection on domestic policy options is just spin and lies