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ificandream

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Mon Mar 4, 2024, 06:46 PM Mar 4

Trump Posted 14 Manipulated News Articles in February (MeidasTouch) [View all]

Trump posted 14 manipulated news articles in February, and MeidasTouch covered them all, listing all the content from these article that Trump doesn't want people to see.

What do you mean Trump is manipulating articles, one could ask? Trump has been reposting what appears to be screenshots of articles but these screenshots have all the stuff Trump doesn't like scrubbed from them.

These posted screenshots contain the news organization's logo, article's title, writer's name, and original publication date to his Truth Social account and are formatted like articles. Trump's manipulation changes the author's original work and meaning.

Many of these articles already had favorable Trump themes, yet they weren't overtly gushing enough for the GOP frontrunner. Here's a list of all 14 articles that Trump has manipulated in February alone and MeidasTouch's original reporting on them:

Read more: https://www.meidastouch.com/news/trump-posted-14-manipulated-news-articles-in-february

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