Former Ambassador to Germany and acting DNI Ric Grenell is quite good at pointing out fake news. And in this particular case, it couldn’t have possibly been easier for him to debunk.
The latest example came courtesy of noted collusion-hoaxer Natasha Bertrand of Politico, who deleted a tweet promoting a Politico scoop saying Grenell was planning to join the Trump campaign. “News – Richard Grenell, who was until today the acting Director of National Intelligence, is joining the Trump campaign in a senior role focused on fundraising and strategy” read the since-deleted tweet.
Grenell replied:
Fake news. Do you even check before writing? What has happened to Washington DC media?! https://t.co/JbzkBovPU4
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) May 27, 2020
Brad Parscale, President Trump’s campaign manager, denied it as well.
But as is typical for the media, Politico doubled down. Brad Dayspring, Politico’s vice president of marketing and communications, tried cornering Grenell, asking him which part of the scoop was wrong.
Yes. In fact, beyond the multiple high-level sources who confirmed the story, we reached out to you several times prior to publishing. You didn’t respond. We welcome your comment and encourage you to point out, on record, what specific facts you believe to be incorrect. https://t.co/wvJntNLpB0
— Brad Dayspring (@BDayspring) May 27, 2020
Of course, though, this was an easy lay-up for Grenell.
The entire story isn’t true. And your response is scary – you don’t believe the campaign denial nor mine. But claim you have some anonymous source. Do you realize how ridiculous you sound? https://t.co/RAgx2Q35rh
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) May 27, 2020
My God, these people are stupid.
Is it still a mystery why no one trusts the media?
