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Ivanka Trump at W20 Conference, April 25th, 2017
Countrary to what was reported as "news" by the NY Times, CNN, the Washington Post and other American news outlets, Germany's Bild says Ivanka Trump was not "booed and jeered by the German audience".
US media reports that Ivanka Trump was booed in Germany are false, according to German paper Bild.
“Many people were surprised by Ivanka Trump’s performance in Berlin. Contrary to the stereotype, the daughter of the US President made a sophisticated and level-headed impression at the panel discussion with Chancellor Angela Merkel, Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, and head of the IMF, Christine Lagarde. The glamorous White House ambassador also cleverly handled a controversial issue,” the paper reports.
“US media, however, are focusing on something else: they claim that Ivanka was booed and sneered at.”
According to the paper, there was “some unrest” in the audience, but nothing like US media outlets reported. CNN reported that Ivanka was booed and hissed by the crowd when she defended her father.”Ivanka Trump Got Jeered in Germany, and Late Night Joins In,” wrote The New York Times. Time Magazine devoted not one but two stories to pushing the narrative that Ivanka was booed. The Washington Post pushed out a piece titled, “Germany booed Ivanka Trump. America says she doesn’t belong in the White House.”
According to Bild, however, such claims by the media didn’t resembles what actually happened. “There was no booing or heckling at all, however,” Bild reports.
“This makes it even more surprising that US media are painting an entirely different picture of Ivanka’s appearance in Berlin. The murmuring that could be heard as Ivanka defended her father against criticism was interpreted as massive booing of the President’s daughter.”
The only thing I'd say Bild got wrong here was describing our media's false reporting as a "misinterpretation" of the scene - it was actually deliberate, malicious and entirely in keeping with the conduct of our press.
And these are the people Google proposes to put in charge of detecting "fake news" on the Internet?
