This is exactly why Trump calls them the fake news media. They can’t even get right what everyone heard Trump say today when he was answering a question about the coronavirus:
President Trump suggests he has seen evidence that the coronavirus was created in a Wuhan lab, hours after the DNI said in a statement that the virus was "not manmade or genetically modified." https://t.co/tKpCWt0bSn
— NBC News (@NBCNews) April 30, 2020
This is absolutely incorrect. John Roberts from Fox News asked the question of Trump, saying “Have you seen anything at this point that gives you a high degree of confidence that the Wuhan Institute of Virology was the origin of this virus?”
Trump responded “Yes I have. Yes I have”, and then went on to blast the World Health Organization.
Trump never said the virus was man made or created in a lab, nor was it part of the question he answered. NBC News is simply trying to create a headline that makes Trump look bad with fake news.
You can watch it below. I’ve got it cued up to that moment:
People on Twitter quickly jumped on NBC News for the ridiculous headline:
He never said it was "created in a lab." He said it likely came from a lab. If you're too stupid to understand the distinction, you should find another line of work. https://t.co/CX4wNq4Ouy
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) April 30, 2020
This is lying #FakeNews@realDonaldTrump said he has seen evidence that the Wuhan lab was ground zero for the virus being released.
He never said it was manmade or genetically modified.
Enough with misleading people @NBCNews https://t.co/qzj4WVyvg0
— John Cardillo (@johncardillo) April 30, 2020
Post a tape where the President said "created in a Wuhan lab." We'll wait. https://t.co/A221VIQieS
— Don Mackey (@Don_Integrate) April 30, 2020
They very much earn the name Fake News Media when they put out garbage like this…