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FOCUS: Matt Taibbi | Baghdadi Story Reveals Divided - and Broken - News Media
America received two almost completely different versions of the story of al-Baghdadi's pursuit and suicide. (photo: M. Swarup/AP)
Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone
Taibbi writes: "Donald Trump was correct when he tweeted Saturday night that something 'big' had happened, but from there, America received two almost completely different versions of the story of al-Baghdadi's pursuit and suicide."

EXCERPT:
Apparently, the salient facts about the death of al-Baghdadi included:
That last story – that Trump’s situation room photo was taken nearly two hours after the raid happened, undercutting the notion that Trump was “watching a movie” – flew around the Internet for hours before it turned out to have been based on an error. Actual news outlets noted the presence of unplugged Ethernet cables, like moon landing conspiracists pointing out suspicious shadows. It should be noted that similar absurdities directed toward Obama rocketed around the Internet after the bin Laden news broke.










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