The audio has been re-edited to appear that Piers Morgan tweeted a promotional clip. In the clip, it seems that Trump calls Morgan “very dishonest” and says “turn the camera off” as he abruptly stands up to leave.
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👇👇👇 pic.twitter.com/WdJnPJyMwG— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) April 20, 2022
The clip begins with Trump telling Morgan “I think I’m a very honest man. Much more honest than you.”
That appears to be true, as multiple outlets, including Trump foes like CNN and NBC News, report that Morgan’s tweet is misleading.
Piers Morgan’s editing and conduct were utterly unacceptable if NBC was to stand by Trump. https://t.co/MB8QIcYjl3
— Joe Borelli (@JoeBorelliNYC) April 21, 2022
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Trump Gets An “Easy Win”
Writing for CNN, Chris Cillizza said that Morgan handed Trump an “easy win.”
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“[O]ccasionally a member of the media … does something colossally stupid that gives Trump just the ammo he needs to continue to make the case that the media is out to get him,” Cillizza wrote.
“Yes, Trump and Morgan got into it over the 2020 election … [b]ut Trump didn’t end the interview there,” he explained.
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Donald J. Trump, President
“Piers Morgan, like the rest of the Fake News Media, attempted to unlawfully and deceptively edit his long and tedious interview with me. He wanted to make it look like I walked out on the interview when my time limit of 20 minutes went over… pic.twitter.com/c5npGXzp7w
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) April 21, 2022
What Really Happened in Piers Morgan’s Donald Trump Interview?
The audio recording provided to NBC News shows that Morgan finished the interview with a question about golf, and Trump’s “turn the camera off” comment was made after the interview concluded.
Trump profited from the moment, releasing a statement in which he called Morgan out.
“Piers Morgan, like the rest of the Fake News Media, attempted to unlawfully and deceptively edit his long and tedious interview with me,” Trump said. “It just shows, however, what I have to deal with in the Fake News Media. He deceptively edited an interview, and was eventually caught. That is a big story, isn’t it?”
Calling the interview “long” and “tedious,” Trump said that he stayed for an hour longer than he agreed for the interview.
My team would be as dishonest and unethical as the snake if they were honest. @piersmorgan, we would have sensationally edited this clip of Trump to make it look like he threw a tantrum and asked the cameras to be shut off when in reality—the interview was over and we simply wanted to chat off-camera. pic.twitter.com/uuJo4e2zNi
— Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) April 21, 2022
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How about the rest of the media?
In his piece for CNN, Cillizza writes that “the most consistent strain of Trumpism over the years has been his assertion that the news is a) fake and b) out to get him (and his supporters).”
This is a silly assertion.
CNN and NBC are proving that liberals can write misleading headlines, edit deceptively videos and go to any lengths to promote their cause.
In 2021, ‘NBC Nightly News’ was criticized for a deceptive edit of a 911 call. The call reporting on the police shooting was altered to eliminate a section where the caller stated that the victim had a knife.
NBC Nightly News deliberately edited 911 calls to hide the fact that a woman was calling to “stab” them. The knife found in the attacker’s hand is not shown to viewers before they shoot. pic.twitter.com/r5uXD1qDb1
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 22, 2021
Chuck Todd admitted that he aired a video that took former Attorney General Bill Barr out of context on ‘Meet the Press.’
Meet The Press Today @chucktoddHe wildly misunderstood the context in which AG Bill Barr answered about his decision to dismiss the case and instead go with Gen. Michael Flynn.
I combined Todd’s section with Barr’s entire answer. This is how dishonest and blatantly dishonest it is. pic.twitter.com/tODOEwL48V
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 10, 2020
Cillizza may not consider Piers Morgan a true journalist, but they’re all playing the same game. It’s no wonder that trust in the media is at an all-time low.