Rep. Matt Gaetz addresses attendees during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on July 23, 2022, in Tampa, Florida. Phelan M. Ebenhack/AP Photo The Washington Post reported Gaetz sought a preemptive presidential pardon in a sex trafficking investigation. Sources told WaPo that Johnny McEntee, a White House official, testified he received the request from […]
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‘Insults and pathetic lies’: Russian diplomat slams WaPo over praise for Bellingcat MH17 claims
Russia has done everything to help the MH17 investigation, yet to its disgrace the Washington Post chooses to believe fake social media ‘investigators’ and cherry-pick facts, a senior Russian diplomat writes. Dmitry Polyanskiy, first deputy permanent representative at the Russian mission to the UN, sent an open letter to the Post on Friday, after a […]
WaPo changes headline describing Trump speech after Twitter outrage
The Washington Post changed a headline which referred to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union speech as a “call for bipartisanship” after it provoked fury on Twitter. However, the new headline also angered the internet. The newspaper likely had no idea of the Twitter storm it was about to invoke when it tweeted an […]
WaPo forced to retract claim that Obama told Zuckerberg to tackle alleged Russian meddling
Published time: 27 Sep, 2017 16:13 The Washington Post has been forced to remove Russia from the headline and alter the content of its front-page “scoop” over a supposed conversation between Barack Obama and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, after the social network denied the newspaper’s claims. Under the headline“Obama sought to prod Facebook on Russia […]
‘Where are the Russians?’ WaPo worried it can’t find Kremlin hackers in German election
Published time: 12 Sep, 2017 13:02 Edited time: 12 Sep, 2017 13:08 With two weeks left till the general election in Germany, the Washington Post is “worried” to see no evidence of a massive Russian meddling campaign. The article does not, however, consider the possibility that Russia had no intention of conducting one in the […]