USA Today admits Navarro lied in his editorial on Dr. Fauci.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

Link to Navarro's article and USA Today's confession (of sorts).....

Link: https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/07/14/anthony-fauci-wrong-with-me-peter-navarro-editorials-debates/5439374002/

Navarro’s response echoed comments made to other news outlets in recent days. We felt it was newsworthy because it expanded on those comments, put an on-the-record name to the attacks on Fauci, and contradicted White House denials of an anti-Fauci campaign.

However, several of Navarro’s criticisms of Fauci — on the China travel restrictions, the risk from the coronavirus and falling mortality rates — were misleading or lacked context. As such, Navarro’s op-ed did not meet USA TODAY’s fact-checking standards.

— Bill Sternberg, USA TODAY editorial page editor

Here's a fact-checker report on one of Navarro's statements:

Did Dr. Fauci Disagree With Trump’s Decision to Curtail Travel From China? No.
The Dispatch
Alec Dent
May 14, 2020

Link: https://factcheck.thedispatch.com/p/did-dr-fauci-disagree-with-trumps

Fauci has consistently agreed with the travel decision. Indeed, a wide variety of reporting and his public statements make clear he was an early advocate for such restrictions in internal government coronavirus discussions. Based on all available information, Trump was not accurate to say that Fauci criticized the president’s decision to restrict travel with China.

Navarro's editorial is full of lies and half-truths about his experiences with Dr. Fauci. The fact is, Navarro is not a medical professional and should not be writing nationally-published criticism or opinion about any health policy.

IMO, these government employees that intentionally lie to the American public over and over should be publicly exposed to the cat o' nine tails in a public square, especially those that lie about health care and justice issues.

KY

[uponit7771]

1. Why did USA Today post Navarro's false filled Op Ed then?!

[Nevilledog]

2. I'm getting tired of these after the fact apolgies/retractions/corrections

Can't anybody do their fucking jobs?

[NCDem47]

3. Do or say whatever you want...

...and seek forgiveness later. And even then, act like no one can do anything about it at that point and move on.



We're living in Trump times.

[Nevilledog]

4. Exactly.

It's moral cowardice. Don't do the right thing, get called on it, then measurements culpas.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Seems like every Election Cycle,

USA Today has a F-up on purpose.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

6. Do you have any idea why....

news outlets like USA Today seem to feel no obligation to do at least a cursory fact check of articles they publish?

I mean, it's not like Navarro has a spotless reputation as a purveyor of truth......

That and a well documented history of tRumps's allergy to truth when it doesn't suit him and his known history of non-stop lying.

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Yah,how about the Ownership.

[spanone]

8. usa today...