Des Moines Register Runs Don Jr. Article, Fact Checks Him Mid-Column

[DonViejo]

by Tamar Auber | Aug 31st, 2018, 8:31 pm

On Friday, the Des Moines Register ran an editorial from First Son Donald Trump Jr. The title read, “Democrats’ reaction to Mollie Tibbetts‘ death is heartless, despicable.”

In the article, Trump Jr. claimed Sen. Elizabeth Warren — a frequent target of his POTUS dad’s jabs, “apparently believes that illegal alien parents being separated from their children is a bigger problem than American parents having to bury theirs.”

Here is an excerpt of what Trump Jr. wrote in the op-ed:

The mask is off and the true radical face of the Democrats has been exposed. They are seemingly more concerned with protecting their radical open-borders agenda than the lives of innocent Americans.

When asked about Mollie’s murder, Sen. Elizabeth Warren — who is for some reason considered a leading contender for the Democrats’ 2020 ticket — played down the killing and said the focus should be on the “real problems” of our immigration system, such as the separation of families at our border.

Think about that for a minute. She apparently believes that illegal alien parents being separated from their children is a bigger problem than American parents having to bury theirs.

The editors of the Register, however, did not allow Trump Jr.’s claims to simply go unchecked. Instead, in an unusual move, they interjected this editors’ note, mid-column:

Editors’ note: Here’s what Warren said on CNN: “I’m so sorry for the family here, and I know this is hard not only for her family, but for people in her community, the people throughout Iowa. But one of the things we have to remember is we need an immigration system that is effective, that focuses on where real problems are.” In the same interview, speaking about the separation of children from their parents, she said, “I think we need immigration laws that focus on people who pose a real threat and I don’t think mamas and babies are the place we should be spending our resources.”

The editors likewise fact-checked other claims made by Trump Jr, writing at one point, “Fact check: Here are the facts on immigrants committing crimes in US.”

more
https://www.mediaite.com/donald-trump/des-moines-register-runs-don-jr-article-fact-checks-him-mid-column/

[shanny]

1. Well done!

I've never heard of editors doing that but what a powerful tool that is. Truth! Now if journalists in general would pursue a similar course, we might actually make some headway.

[Squinch]

2. Everyone should do that in every article about them!

[Lonestarblue]

7. Everyone should just stop publishing their racist nonsense.

Or acknowledge that something was released to the press and then explain why it is not being published. The state-sponsored propaganda needs to be countered at every opportunity and called out for its lies.

[mountain grammy]

10. Indeed!

[jrthin]

31. They should also do that on every news show,

when someone says something false, correct it then. Don't allow the lie to travel.

[LiberalLovinLug]

33. Yes! As well, TV talking heads should be given documents in advance of question particulars

that they plan to ask. With links to facts ready to go IF they get an alternative fact answer on a topic they will be discussing.

That or just an assistant with an ipad on Google sitting beside.

How many times have you pulled your hair out watching some CNN or even MSNBC pundit just sit there looking like a deer in headlights as some GOP or Trump apologist rattle off two...three...five...easily rebuffed lies in a row. Even if they say, "I don't know if that's true, but...." THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Because the Republican guest just says "It IS true!" and carries on with a couple more lies to add on. And any viewer, especially one less politically active or aware, sees it as a she said, he said, situation where no one is proved wrong.

[Mc Mike]

3. He's a chinless nazi weasel with more hair tonic than brains. nT

[Squinch]

34. That is beautiful!

[Mc Mike]

44. Coen bros did the hair tonic brains line

In Miller's Crossing.

[lastlib]

42. Hey, that's offensive to the Mustelidae family!

Weasels are noble beasts compared to the pond-scum family in the White House!

[Mc Mike]

43. Well, it WAS a bit unfair to the noble, actual weasels.

They're tough, and useful, and not dishonest.

Sorry, Mustelidae.

[Achilleaze]

4. Thank you for doing your Job DM Register

[Lucinda]

5. KNR

[jayschool2013]

6. The Register has always been better

than the typical Gannett (Evil Empire) rag. The corporate overlords at Gannett will probably fire someone for this. Or just continue to gut the newsroom, as they do everywhere else.

[DFW]

8. It's bad enough that they ran anything by Trump, Jr. in the first place

But if they had to do it (and I suspect they had no choice in the matter), they deserve national recognition for doing what they did. It is sure to bring a reprimand, although if they were 100% factual, they can always say they they were doing their duty as laid out in their job description.

Of course, in the future, their overlord will no doubt lay down the following rule:
https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/b3e35d91-f648-46f7-b862-888b455b3c12

[randr]

9. Responsible journalism fact checks in real time

The moment a lie is let loose it needs to be addressed.

[pazzyanne]

11. What Junior forgot to mention in his "article" is that his dad

and the republicans politized Mollie's death and ignored her families pleas for privacy and requests that they cease and desist their use of Mollie's death in their ads and memes. Who is disgusting? Not the Democrats!

[smirkymonkey]

12. Exactly!

This is what is really disgusting. I can't wait to see that mewling, chinless little punk behind bars.

[ouija]

13. Seriously

It’s not even spin anymore, his whole op-ed was a bold faced lie. It’s all Republicans have left.

[dalton99a]

14. Kick

[NoMoreRepugs]

15. Without fear and hate Rethugs have nothing to run on.

[djacq]

16. Sorry Junior... Your Orange Clown Dad is not getting his stupid wall.

“I think we need immigration laws that focus on people who pose a real threat and I don’t think mamas and babies are the place we should be spending our resources.”

Doesn't sound played down to me. Senator Warren had said repeatedly that she's not running in 2020 but go ahead Junior.... Give her a reason.

[ffr]

17. BWAH! That's what they'd call liberal bias, giving both sides of the story as spoken.

How unfair to our soft little right wing snowflakes. Boohoo!

[Ilsa]

18. It feels like the media has had enough

of the extra money they made covering the orange buffoon. It feels like they are going after him.

[dajoki]

19. We need more of this n/t

[KPN]

20. Awesome. A great example for the media at large. The Des Moines Register should be

applauded for showing all that we don't need to put up with their lies and deceit. Good on them!

[Firestorm49]

21. Cheers to the Des Moines Register

I for one, would greatly enjoy seeing all print publications, radio stations, TV media do the same thing. Using Warren’s words in this case, or any original source’s words, is irrefutable truth. By all means, insert fact checks directly into the body of the text. The media needs to step it up a notch or three to counter the vomit being emanated by highly biased and partisan sources from either side.

[Scurrilous]

22. K&R

[struggle4progress]

23. Family Members Push Back on 'Racist, False Narrative'

... “You do not get to usurp Mollie and her legacy for your racist, false narrative now that she is no longer with us. We hereby reclaim our Mollie.”

“Yes, <Rivera> is an immigrant to this country, with uncertainty as to his legal status. But it matters not,” Tibbetts Murphy added. “He could have been a citizen, born in this country; he could have been an older, white man from anywhere … He is a man who felt entitled to impose himself on Mollie’s life, without consequence … Mollie was murdered because a man denied her right to say no” ...

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/mollie-tibbetts-murder-family-racist-false-narrative-716255/

[struggle4progress]

24. Blame misogyny for the murder of Mollie Tibbetts

REKHA BASU
Des Moines Register columnist

... I wrote a piece a year after Tammy Zywicki was killed, prompted by the discovery of a 36-year-old woman’s body in a Des Moines area hotel. She was in the process of moving to Des Moines from Denver to begin a supervisory job. Once again, it underscored our precarious footing as women in a world dotted with unforeseeable risks.

“In the march for equal rights between the sexes, women’s safety remains an arena of profound sexual inequality, a realm where inroads made by women in work and political office find no reflection,” said the column published Aug. 27, 1993. “Threats to safety are a growing fact of life for everyone, but are an integral part of the way women experience the world. No woman is immune to assault, at home or on the street, in public places or in private ones.”

Yet rather than focus on reducing violence against women, some top Republicans, from President Donald Trump to Iowa’s Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Joni Ernst, had another agenda. They rushed to blame arrested suspect Cristhian Bahena Rivera’s immigration status, which itself remains unclear. The state Division of Criminal Investigation called him an illegal immigrant. But his lawyer said he was in the country legally, and his employer, Craig Lang of Yarrabee Farms, said his legal status had been verified, but later said he had been hired under a different name ...

http://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2018/08/31/Blame-misogyny-for-the-murder-of-Mollie-Tibbetts/stories/201808310056

[struggle4progress]

25. Listen to Tibbetts' family, not fear-mongering rhetoric

BY MARCOS BRETÓN

... two to three women are killed each day in the U.S. by an intimate partner, according to the Violence Prevention Center, and yet you’ll never know the names of the victims because their deaths won’t come close to generating the wall-to-wall coverage focusing on the death of Mollie Tibbetts ...

... Samantha Lucas, a second cousin of Tibbets, said this to CNN: “She would not want (her death) to be used as fuel against undocumented immigrants” ...

... ”At any given time, there are tens of thousands of Americans categorized as ‘missing’ by law enforcement. However, only a fraction of those individuals receive news coverage, leading some commentators to hypothesize that missing persons with certain characteristics are more likely to garner media attention than others: namely, white women and girls” ...

https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/marcos-breton/article217142185.html

[struggle4progress]

26. Trolls exploiting murder

MINUTES after a pair of damaging stories about US President Donald Trump and his former associates broke this week ...
A network of Russia-linked Twitter accounts began blitz-tweeting news that the 20-year-old Tibbetts’ murderer was an “illegal immigrant” on Tuesday afternoon, the New York Post reported.

The Russian tweetstorm happened right after Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, was convicted of bank and tax fraud and Trump’s former personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, implicated the president in a campaign finance felony.

The thousands of tweets were “an apparent attempt to divert attention from explosive news surrounding Donald Trump and his former associates,” the outlet reported ...

https://www.news.com.au/world/north-america/russian-trolls-are-exploiting-mollie-tibbetts-murder/news-story/9918532904705e3183a84a9bc5e8ce48

[struggle4progress]

27. White Supremacist Robocalls About Tibbetts' Death

Iowa authorities have confirmed that recorded phone calls citing the slaying of an Iowa college student are being used to promote white supremacist views ...

It’s unclear how many of the robocalls have been made since they began .. two days after .. Tibbetts’ funeral ... A man officials suspected of being in this country illegally is charged with her slaying. The calls describe him as “an invader from Mexico.”

The recordings say the calls are paid for by The Road to Power, an Idaho-based neo-Nazi organization ...

http://time.com/5384561/supremacist-group-making-robocalls-about-mollie-tibbetts-death/

[struggle4progress]

28. Parents lost a daughter. Republicans found a tragedy to exploit

President Trump doesn’t care about Mollie Tibbetts.

... Don’t mistake his interest for compassion — he’s only concerned with exploiting reports that her accused murderer is an undocumented immigrant.

Never mind that the Tibbetts family has condemned such divisiveness ...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/08/28/mollie-tibbetts-parents-lost-daughter-republicans-found-tragedy-exploit/arinzGPn3ff72m7BWllrwL/story.html

[maxrandb]

29. Good, but the real question is

Why in the FUCK is any paper in this GOD DAMNED country giving this amphibian turd any fucking space?

Were there no other fucking hayseeds from Dumfuckistan 'Murika to enlighten us with their fucking wisdom?

There must be "dozens" of people all over the country that give a shit what this fucktwit has to say.

Don't fucking congratulate this paper... BOYCOTT IT!!!

[Hekate]

30. The Boston Globe's shout-out is bearing fruit. Editors will no longer be willing to print propaganda

...and hate without comment.

[GETPLANING]

32. Thes "editorial" sounds like it was written by Tucker Carlson

It uses many of his little asides and phrases. Just too familiar.

[pnwmom]

35. I think the paper should also have inserted the public statements from Mollie's family,

who do NOT want people like Jr. to use their daughter's death in this despicable way.

[TryLogic]

36. What the Des Moines Register did is seriously needed by all new media right now.

Should be done all the time, but seriously needed right now!

[cp]

37. Good for the Register!

Thank you.

[justgamma]

38. Could he name one person

who wants an open border? The righties keep pushing this lie and no one calls them on it. At least I've never heard of anyone pushing for open borders.

[thegoose]

39. And these Dumpster danglers

Think they have a future career in politics. NFW.

[Cha]

40. Des Moines Register ain't playing! I bet shart jr

was shocked his LIES didn't go unchecked!!!

[BlueStater]

41. The family specifically asked not to have Mollie's murder politicized.

No surprise at all this useless douchebag didn't listen to them.