{"id":8050,"date":"2020-02-29T18:21:14","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T22:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=8050"},"modified":"2020-02-29T18:21:14","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T22:21:14","slug":"trump-tangles-with-msm-over-coronavirus-hoax-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=8050","title":{"rendered":"Trump Tangles with MSM Over Coronavirus &#8216;Hoax&#8217; Comment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Trump Slams Media For Coronavirus &#8216;Hoax&#8217; Disinfo<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update (1:45 p.m.)<\/em><\/strong>: President Trump clarified at a Saturday press conference that he was clearly talking about the Democrats&#8217; response to his administration&#8217;s coronavirus efforts &#8211; not the virus itself.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Trump makes it clear that he was not calling Coronavirus a \u201choax\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Will <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NBCNews<\/a> retract their story?<\/p>\n<p>Has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/snopes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@snopes<\/a> Fact Checked them yet?<br \/> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eG7CgTkcbP\">pic.twitter.com\/eG7CgTkcbP<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1233837345679474693?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 29, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The MSM (and its many tentacles) has been lying about President Trump calling the new coronavirus a hoax &#8211; when it&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>obvious from his comments that he was referring to media criticism of his administration&#8217;s response to the disease.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>The MSM (and its many tentacles) has been lying about President Trump calling the new coronavirus a hoax &#8211; when it&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>obvious from his comments that he was referring to media criticism of his administration&#8217;s response to the disease.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20hands%201.png?itok=4lRbzaO7\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/trump%20hands%201.png?itok=4lRbzaO7\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20hands%201.png?itok=ZazqdROD 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20hands%201.png?itok=ZazqdROD 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20hands%201.png?itok=ZazqdROD 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20hands%201.png?itok=ZazqdROD 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20hands%201.png?itok=ZazqdROD 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/trump%20hands%201.png?itok=4lRbzaO7 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/trump%20hands%201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"b89c6263-769d-48eb-ad43-1eeef61bb8d0\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>They tried to beat you on Russia, Russia, Russia<\/strong>,&#8221; Trump told a Charleston, SC crowd as he relayed a discussion with an adviser.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>They tried the impeachment hoax<\/strong>. They tried anything, they tried it over and over since he got in&#8230;.\u00a0<strong>and this is their new hoax<\/strong>,&#8221; Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffgiesea\/status\/1233768567830695936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1233768567830695936&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fmsm-peddling-fake-news-about-trump-calling-virus-hoax<\/p>\n<p>And now, here&#8217;s\u00a0<em>MSNBC&#8217;<\/em>s Brian Williams and guest Michael Moore peddling fake news about what Trump said:<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JackPosobiec\/status\/1233720656338051073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1233720656338051073&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fmsm-peddling-fake-news-about-trump-calling-virus-hoax<\/p>\n<p>Unsurprisingly, this lie has spread faster than the disease. The\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>&#8216;s Dana Milbank\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Milbank\/status\/1233555987149312000?s=20\">wrote in a tweet<\/a>\u00a0with 65,000 &#8216;likes&#8217; as of this writing &#8220;Remember this moment:\u00a0\u00a0<strong>Trump, in South Carolina, just called the coronavirus a &#8220;hoax.&#8221;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/millbank.png?itok=oOae53uT\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/millbank.png?itok=oOae53uT\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/millbank.png?itok=Ob3EkelT 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/millbank.png?itok=Ob3EkelT 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/millbank.png?itok=Ob3EkelT 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/millbank.png?itok=Ob3EkelT 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/millbank.png?itok=Ob3EkelT 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/millbank.png?itok=oOae53uT 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/millbank.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"97\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"24e99a4f-cfcc-4edf-8e15-783e9308e7c3\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffgiesea\/status\/1233769598933258240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1233769598933258240&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fmsm-peddling-fake-news-about-trump-calling-virus-hoax<\/p>\n<p>Continue reading: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/msm-peddling-fake-news-about-trump-calling-virus-hoax\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/msm-peddling-fake-news-about-trump-calling-virus-hoax<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump Slams Media For Coronavirus &#8216;Hoax&#8217; Disinfo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}