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In reply to the discussion: Trump Approves Special Ops Raid Targeting ISIS Leader Baghdadi, Military Says He's Dead [View all]LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,586 posts)over Bin Laden's death. First, they lied that Obama had claimed credit for killing OBL, which he didn't -- he gave full credit to the military for executing the operation. Then they found a former Seal Team Six member and had him say negative things about Obama, essentially "swift boating" the president.
Then Right Wing media and the Repugs pounded the drum on those two points 24/7, trotting their Seal Team Six swift-boater out on every Fox television show.
I don't have any problem with the media fact checking Fat Donnie on this one, especially since it seems to be a shiny object to draw attention from the impeachment proceedings.
BTW, has anyone ever heard of the guy who was killed? Osama Bin Laden was a household name, and there was a sense of "finally!" when he was taken out. With the current kill, the reaction is "who?"