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kcr

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34. I sometimes get shit when I denounce Snopes, but this is exactly why I do

Reply to erpowers (Original post)

Fri Oct 2, 2020, 04:48 PM

Oct 2020

They are sloppy at best.

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Snopes Is Claiming Trump Never Called Coronavirus a Hoax [View all] erpowers Oct 2020 OP

That is true, I recognized long ago. But was close enough in language, how his people picked LizBeth Oct 2020 #1

Agreed. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #11

Same for me intrepidity Oct 2020 #14

I want to stay honest so in conversation when I talk about Trump, this has never been one I use. LizBeth Oct 2020 #16

Agreed. TwilightZone Oct 2020 #18

I Disagree With Their Interpretation ProfessorGAC Oct 2020 #19

I agree and that is why I never spoke up or argued with a person when they attributed it to Trump. LizBeth Oct 2020 #22

Same here. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2020 #26

My Qanon 23 year old nephew told me Snopes was a Democratic site and was deep state kimbutgar Oct 2020 #2

He actually never said that. Codeine Oct 2020 #5

"Sorry Snopes MF45 said it numerous times the virus was a hoax." LenaBaby61 Oct 2020 #7

That is how Trump operates. Caliman73 Oct 2020 #3

Exactly, you may not find the precise words spoken by him on video. chriscan64 Oct 2020 #31

And yet Mad Lib Oct 2020 #4

Sure must suck to get bit on the a** by a hoax! dutch777 Oct 2020 #6

And Al Gore never claimed to have invented the internet.... Oh well... nt Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2020 #8

Snopes parses language very carefully Miguelito Loveless Oct 2020 #9

That's how I always took it lame54 Oct 2020 #10

He manipulated his language in such a way that people would think that's what he said. Crunchy Frog Oct 2020 #12

He didn't ismnotwasm Oct 2020 #13

He has said it is THEIR NEW HOAX. SlogginThroughIt Oct 2020 #25

Yep. I'm sure I saw it in a tweet Lucinda Oct 2020 #28

"..**its** their new hoax.." uponit7771 Oct 2020 #15

True, but in the very same technical sense where Bush never connected Saddam to 911 JHB Oct 2020 #17

This. It's propaganda by implication - expertly directed, but crickets Oct 2020 #29

I didn't realize this matt819 Oct 2020 #20

Don't believe your eyes and ears. ffr Oct 2020 #21

00:26 - "This is their new hoax." crickets Oct 2020 #30

As Frank Luntz says "It's not what you say that counts, it's what people hear". Midnight Writer Oct 2020 #23

He compared it to the "impeachment hoax" ... Bad Thoughts Oct 2020 #24

That interpretation is generous to trump. nt cry baby Oct 2020 #27

A distinction without a difference rusty fender Oct 2020 #32

Interesting. Towlie Oct 2020 #33

I sometimes get shit when I denounce Snopes, but this is exactly why I do kcr Oct 2020 #34