President Trump told a crowd there had been an attack on Sweden. Actually, it was a documentary.
PRESIDENT Trump was in campaign mode when he told a rally in Orlando that there had just been a terror attack in Sweden. There hadn’t. But there had been a show on TV ...
No media or government agency around the world — or Sweden — has reported any incident or attack involving refugees there in recent times.
Now former prime minister of Sweden Carl Bildt has some questions to ask.
“Sweden? Terror attack? What has he been smoking? Questions abound.”
President Trump told the Orlando-Melbourne crowd: “You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden ... Sweden. Who would believe this? Sweden ... They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible.”
So where did the US President get the idea from?
As the mediate.com news blog site points out, something along those lines had been on the telly the night before.
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The Fox News Tucker Carlson show aired a segment about a documentary maker Ami Horowitz and a film he had made about immigration and Sweden.
His documentary claimed Sweden’s generous immigration policy was linked to a rise in crime, and alleges the government there was attempting to cover-up the link.
It did not detail any specific ‘incident’ happening in Sweden this weekend, or in recent weeks.
THIS IS HOW FAKE NEWS WORKS FOLKS! LET ME BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU.
Trump gives a speech yesterday at a rally. The FAKE MEDIA is frothing at the mouth and has to strike back with a lie weak minded people on the left and Trump haters will jump at. President Trump told the Orlando-Melbourne crowd: “You look at what’s happening in Germany, you look at what’s happening last night in Sweden ... Sweden. Who would believe this? Sweden ... They took in large numbers. They’re having problems like they never thought possible.”
A leftist group from Australia leads with this headline: President Trump told a crowd there had been an attack on Sweden. Actually, it was a documentary.
FALSE: Trump watched Tucker Carlson and the link in the rise in crime and immigrants in Sweden and Germany. (In a broader sense he is referring to Europe) So when he says "last night" he was simply referring to the time frame in which he was watching the show on increased crime due to immigration in Sweden. HE NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT A TERRORIST ACT IN SWEDEN.
And that's how fake news works. Take a word or two out of context. Makeup a head line (LIE) that infers he said words that never left his mouth. Call up the Prime Minister of Sweden and ask him what he thinks about Trump telling the world there was a terrorist incident the night before in Sweden. Throw it all together.
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Mix liberally with lies and innuendos.
VIOLA! INSTANT FAKE NEWS!
They do it over and over. This is exactly what they are attempting to do with the Russian hack stuff and Trump involvement. Unfortunately it IS ABSOLUTELY what they did do to poor old President George W. Bush and New Orleans among other things. Most people now have a false memory of what actually happened.
FAKE NEWS got away with it back then. They will not do it again. We're on to them.
So let's see how far this FAKE NEWS story goes and how many people fall for it.
If I were CNN, I'd stay away from it and not even report, but CNN is a very stupid organization, so we'll see what happens.
2/19/2017 11:54 AM (edited)