WSJ distorts Vance’s comments on Ukraine, Russia — but social media users quickly correct the record

Social media users quickly corrected the record after appearing to have distorted Vice President JD Vance's comments made on Ukraine and Russia in a recent interview.

On Friday, it was published by WSJ Bojan Pancevski and Alexander Ward. article Based on an exclusive interview with Vance. The headline of this article – “Vance poses sanctions threat, wielding military action to push Putin into Ukrainian deal” – has attracted serious criticism online.

“As we have always said, the US military should never do any harm, so as not to advance American interests and security.”

William Martin, the vice president's communications director, immediately tweeted a screenshot of the interview's transcript, revealing that the headlines did not accurately reflect Vance's statement.

According to screenshots, Vance has an array of “instruments of pressure” that President Donald Trump can use to persuade President Vladimir Putin to comply with any agreement he reaches with President Volodimia Zelensky. I admitted. Among them are “economic” and “military tools of leverage.”

Vance also reiterated that “everything is on the table” every time President Donald Trump proceeded to negotiations.

However, the Vice President did not threaten sanctions or military action. Instead, he simply refused to eliminate any leverage that Trump could use when he was working.

It is also unlikely that the interviewer misunderstood Vance's point. A screenshot of the transcript showed that the interviewer asked a follow-up question and said “certainly.” Is this process, or even the presence of US military in Ukraine, officially off the table? ”

Trump wants productive negotiations with both Putin [Zelenskyy]”Vance told the WSJ, even though he said, “I don't like the idea of ​​moving Ukraine to NATO.”

Martin claimed that framing from the WSJ was “fake news.”

“This is purely fake news. Compare @jdvance's transcription of conversation with WSJ with the headlines that run here. The Vice President poses no threat. Once these negotiations begin, he teeth I wrote it.

According to a post from Tiktok's live performanceWSJ articles had even been slapped with community notes denying the accuracy of the headline, but as of early Friday afternoon, no such community notes are currently attached. WSJ Post.

'That kind of liar. Nothing has been said by VP Vance.

Vance I responded GOP strategist cites WSJ headline Andrew Slaviancalling the headline “one of the most intentionally illicit things I've seen in a long time,” and compared the WSJ to the Huffington Post.

Vance didn't mention anything about his message headlines or WSJ. Rather, he repeated the regime's stance on the Ukraine-Russian War.

President Trump is the ultimate contract maker and will bring peace to the region by ending the war in Ukraine. As we always said, the US military should not harm places that do not advance American interests and security. This war is between Russia and Ukraine.

Other social media users have also expanded the WSJ for misleading headlines.

• “Who wrote this headline? JD didn't say anything like that, so who wasn't reading the article.” Brick suita quirky figure frequently found in a brick ensemble at Trump campaign rally.
• “That kind of liar. That's not what VPVance said,” the user said. Queen Isabelle.
• “No one is taking you seriously anymore. You lie again. You are a bunch of partisan hacks, and the people who buy your BS are just as bad., “Another thing.” has arrived Popular responses.

In an age where news is regularly collected by other outlets, such idiosyncratic headlines can have widespread meaning. for example, New York Post Similarly, it adopted WSJ framing and wrote an article entitled “JD Vance threatens sanctions, potential military action if Russia does not agree to end the war on Ukrainians.”

Ward's Pancevski and the author of the submission, Victor Nava, did not respond to requests for comment from Blaze News.

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