Lying Fake News In Action

I don't do politics here very often, but a piece of fake news in The Washington Post caught my eye that was so heinous I had to post. The title of the article is "Trump, who urged people to 'hire American,' secures 70 foreign workers for Mar-a-Lago". The article says, "President Trump recently won permission from the Labor Department to hire 70 cooks, maids and servers to work at his ritzy Mar-a-Lago Club for the tourist season...He’s contributing to an influx of 2,159 immigrant workers snapping up the temporary jobs in Palm Beach County."

My goodness that sounds terrible. But hold on. The article has more to say. Speaking about July the article says, "Mar-a-Lago was applying for H-2B visas to hire non-American workers. Mar-a-Lago is only open during Palm Beach’s winter season, when members descend from colder climates." Speaking about Mar-a-Lago and an unnamed golf course, the articles states, "It’s unclear whether the Trump Organization had made an extra effort to try to fill the jobs."

Hmm, that's a bit confusing. The title says Trump himself hired foreign workers. The article says Mar-a-Lago did it while also saying the Trump Organization did it. That's three different entities. Which one of the three actually hired someone? If the reporter who wrote this article is a journalist, he should be aware of current events. Apparently, he isn't. As widely reported in the press, such as Forbes, Trump is no longer involved in running his businesses. He has placed them in a trust to be managed by others while he's president. Even as late as April, this trust was in the news. He became able to withdraw money from the trust, since he's not taking a salary from the government.

Despite the title of the fake news article, Trump did not hire anyone. He's no longer involved. Even if he was, he would not be involved in day-to-day hiring. Journalists know this. But what if Trump had hired those people? It would prove he's not a racist! It would prove he accepts anyone regardless of ethnicity. But we should already know he's not a racist from history. He won an Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 1986 and posed with Muhammed Ali and Rosa Parks. More about this award here. A partial quote: The Ellis Island Medals of Honor embody the spirit of America in their salute to tolerance, brotherhood, diversity and patriotism. And in 1999 none other than Jesse Jackson praised Trump for his lifetime of helping the African-American community. Video here.

The media accuses Trump of racism despite his history of helping minorities while at the same time accuses him of hiring minorities. Am I the only one who finds this kind of double-think weird? Is Trump the racist who loves hiring minorities? This article is a deliberate attack. It's basically hate speech. A liberal journalist hates Trump and spins an article in a way that makes him look bad to his base. This is happening in the media all the time. I don't know how many stories I've seen in the press that slant facts to create a fake version of events.

If journalists no longer have the integrity to report facts, they need to find a different job. This kind of hate speech has gone on long enough. They lost the election fair and square. It's time they got over it and moved on. It's time they stopped the deliberate lying. This is not real journalism. This is real hate.