NBC News under fire for misleading tweets about Trump chief of staff's answer on Muslim registry

[riversedge]

Source: businessinsider






NBC News came under fire Sunday morning for a pair of tweets that removed context from an answer Reince Priebus, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for White House chief of staff, offered on the idea of a Muslim registry.

Priebus appeared “Meet the Press” and was asked by host Chuck Todd if he could rule out the idea of placing Muslims on a registry.

Here was the exchange:

TODD: Can you equivocally rule out a registry for Muslims?

PRIEBUS: Look, I’m not going to rule out anything. But, we are not going to have a registry based on religion.

The public relations account for NBC News tweeted out the exchange twice, but left out the second part of Priebus’ response: ...............

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/nbc-criticism-trump-tweet-muslim-registry-reince-2016-11

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I actually saw the deceptive tweet earlier and thought to myself--can't believe a word he says anyway.!




And a tweet in Reply:
Jason Howerton ?@jason_howerton 6h6 hours ago

One of these tweets is extremely misleading. @NBCNewsPR @chucktodd @Reince @MeetThePress








https://twitter.com/jason_howerton/status/800349616533307392

[JI7]

1. so now the media will go even softer if that's even possible

By making the issue out to be that nbc made them look bad without context

No wonder things are so fucked up.

I don't see how the context makes it any better.

[yallerdawg]

2. NBC News got it right!

Asked "Rule out registry for Muslims?"

Answered "I'm not going to rule out anything."

The following quip about no registry "based on religion?" Do I hear a very high-pitched whistle there?

That should seriously piss off Muslims!

[bdamomma]

9. that is what they want

to piss off muslims and to start a friggin war.

[world wide wally]

3. As Trump supporters cringe at WWII movies and documentaries and the persecution of Jews,

in their minds they say, "yeah, but these are Muslims. So it's different"

[0rganism]

4. i'll give rancid penis benefit of the doubt: their registry won't be based on religion

or rather, not only religion. i'm sure they'll incorporate many other factors besides religion: race, net worth, country of origin, union membership, so many things for a new registry to track. the real ugliness starts after they've set up the registry.

[TeamPooka]

5. I have no problem with that tweet. RP's statement is a direct contradiction in a single sentence.

"Look, I’m not going to rule out anything. But, we are not going to have a registry based on religion."
But if you aren't going to rule anything out how do you know the registry won't be religion based?

[Thekaspervote]

6. We all need to stop watching msm of any kind

Let their ratings fall thru the floor, advertisers will drop away. The power is in our hands. Checkout the app buycott. With your smart phone you can picture the universal bar code, in a quick response it will tell you who they support- koch bros, right wing companies etc. it's always about the money

[bdamomma]

10. exactly boycott the media

everyone can get their news from somewhere else. Let them lose money hit them in pocketbook.

[Kablooie]

7. God. They'll only make things worse if they bias the news. It has to be accurate to be useful.

[treestar]

8. That is a problem now ?

Lol! What hypocrites republicans are.

[ronnie624]

11. The comment is a direct contradiction.

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I believe the first part; the sentence that is consistent with their rhetoric from the beginning.

[wordpix]

12. Yes, why should they whine about a Muslim ban when Trumpie's said it

all along?