Washington Post Officially Becomes Nothing More Than Birdcage Liner

The “correction” was remarkable.

“Correction: Two months after publication of this story, the Georgia secretary of state released an audio recording of President Donald Trump’s December phone call with the state’s top elections investigator. The recording revealed that The Post misquoted Trump’s comments on the call, based on information provided by a source,” The Post wrote on Monday.

“Trump did not tell the investigator to ‘find the fraud’ or say she would be ‘a national hero’ if she did so,’” the correction continued. “Instead, Trump urged the investigator to scrutinize ballots in Fulton County, Ga., asserting she would find ‘dishonesty’ there. He also told her that she had ‘the most important job in the country right now.’ A story about the recording can be found here. The headline and text of this story have been corrected to remove quotes misattributed to Trump.”

The Post, whose motto is “Democracy Dies In Darkness,” used the words “misquoted” and “misattributed.” But former President Donald Trump wasn’t “misquoted” and his supposed quote wasn’t “misattributed.” He never said what The Post claimed he said. The claims were “false,” a word The Post should have used to describe its reporting.

In a Jan. 9 story, The Post claimed that Trump, during a Dec. 23 phone call, urged Frances Watson, the chief investigator of the Georgia secretary of state’s office, to “find the fraud,” telling her she would be a “national hero.” The story cited a single source allegedly familiar with the call.

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