Sunday, June 28, 2020

Trump does his thing again, then disclaims it. How do you view things?

Two AP carries, edited and presented differently, here and here. One omits the sentence:

The White House did not respond when asked whether Trump condemned the supporter's comment.

Both noted:

The video also shows anti-Trump protesters shouting “Nazi,” “racist,” and profanities at the Trump backers.

It is possible each outlet used separate, different AP feeds. But elements of exact wording parallelism suggest otherwise. In any event, do you feel the omitted sentence is pertinent? Indeed, is it the heart of the story, or properly seen as superfluous?

And there is choice of image and a mid item Twitter link in one outlet, not the other. Your verdict?

UPDATE: Also noteworthy, one post was truncated short of this:

Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund told CBS’ “Face the Nation” that ”This really is not about the president taking it down. This is about the judgment of the president in putting it up."

She added, “It’s about what the president believes and it’s time for this country to really face that.”

It is as if one outlet chose to belittle Trump opposition as extreme and impolite; the other noting NAACP sentiment.