2019.02.27 Pence lacks Foreign Policy

Politico wrote a Pence hit piece claiming, "despite his scant foreign policy experience". That a lie. Politico (Jack Shafer) wrote a Pence hit piece claiming that "the human mannequin" was retooled as foreign representative, "despite his scant foreign policy experience". Then it was pointed out that he was on the "House Foreign Affairs Committee for a decade while a member of Congress". Or about 10x the combined experience of Hillary and Barack combined. ℹ️ Info           ~ Aristotle Sabouni Created: 2019-02-27

That facts obviate the entire story.

Politico corrected the story when called out, without mentioning the duration.

Then when they caught shit for not mentioning the duration, they had to correct it again, to add the "decade" part later.... after the harm was done: knowing that their readers lips will move while reading only the headline.

A journalists would have reached out and asked before running the story. Or not written that tripe in the first place.

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Fake News While the term goes back 100 years, the history is summed up well by Sharyl Attkisson.

Politico Lefty John F. Harris and less left Jim VandeHei got funding for a DC tabloid journalism (rumor mongering) on the DC set.

🔗 Links

• https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/02/26/mike-pence-trump-administration-225256
• https://dailycaller.com/2019/02/27/politico-mike-pence-foreign-policy-correction/

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