A New York Times fact check that claimed Donald Trump lied that FEMA deliberately ignored the homes of supporters devastated by the storm has been debunked — but who knows? Probably not.
Even though disaster officials revealed last week that Trump was right all along, the Paper of Record has yet to publish a correction.
of October 4th Times articleThe paper, titled “President Trump's false claims about the federal response to Hurricane Helen,” says the president-elect “falsely accused” the Biden administration of “ignoring areas that voted Republican.” Despite this, it remains uncensored and published online.
The Federal Disaster Relief Agency even voiced its support for President Trump last week, with one of its employees, Marni Washington, writing a “best practices” memo to workers in Lake Placid, Florida, warning them that “President Trump's propaganda… He said he issued a disturbing order to “avoid houses where there is a public attack.” employee Obtained by Daily Wire.
Washington, 39, also allegedly issued cruel verbal edicts to workers at the site.
One of those workers wrote a message on FEMA's tracking system that read, “President Trump has signed a no-trespass order for leadership,” referring to the blown home, according to screenshots obtained by the report.
FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell said Washington's actions “clearly violate FEMA's core values and principles of helping people regardless of their political affiliation.”
“This employee has been terminated and we have referred the matter to the Office of the Special Counsel,” Criswell added in a statement.
He also vowed to “do everything in our power to prevent something like this from happening again.”
But despite Washington's firing and the secretary's admission, an Oct. 4 Times article written by staff reporter and “fact checker” Linda Chiu says the federal government still favors people it didn't support. They are accusing President Trump of joking when he says he is giving the measures. his campaign.
The House Oversight Committee later said it had opened an investigation to further investigate the report and ensure that FEMA is fulfilling its mission of assisting “Americans of all political persuasions.”
in ×post The article by Fox News contributor Joe Concha has been viewed more than 350,000 times, with users dragging down the Gray Lady for leaving false accusations on the website.
“So when they say he's lying, they were actually lying??” one user asked incredulously.
“The few remaining NYT subscribers should demand a retraction and an apology,” another wrote.
A Post message sent to The Times asking if it would correct or update the story was not immediately returned.
