Trump and the struggle for the facts

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He would not be treated fairly, and accuses US President, Trump journalists on a regular basis. Sometimes he’s even right. At the G7-Meeting around came to be that there is a need for improvement.

The news spread like a wild fire at the G7 Meeting in Taormina. All of the stroll through the old town, it means only one: Donald Trump, the American President is duped, once again, his Partner. Instead of looking at the walk shoulder-to-shoulder with Italy, France, Germany, Japan and Canada, he is in the Golf cart ride and also comes too late. The British “Sunday Times”, ran a headline: “Trump is out of step”, and many others, the Deutsche Welle, jumped on the story. Were supported the reports, mainly through Tweets, such as this.

The analysis of this journalist, that “Trump the other run and even better to let”, has been shared 20,000 times.

Little walk of five heads of government

The Problem: when you look at the picture proof, that the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe walked through the old town. Like Trump, he had accepted the offer of the host and increased in a Golf cart. Spontaneously to run, he didn’t want to anyway, confirmed afterwards by a Diplomat, the Japanese do not like short-term Protocol changes. So it should have correctly read: Two drive, and a five-run spontaneous the 1.5 km from the amphitheatre to the Piazza San Domenico. However, this headline is only half as beautiful. But it would have been correct. And so it goes, in times, in which journalists have to hit with the accusation “lying press”.

On the second summit day then the next misleading Tweet was promptly followed. The Video shows Trump without the headphones, while all around him a listen to simultaneous translation. The Italian hosts speak about the refugee problem. Our conclusion to this point: Trump does not want to listen Paolo Gentiloni. This message brought to 20,000 Retweets, and many colleagues felt confirmed. That was the proof, all are involved, only the isolated U.S. President shows a lack of interest.

The Problem is that Trump has probably listened to me. His press spokesman Sean Spicer tweeted the announcement: As always, carrying the US President in his right ear mini headphones. The was not seen on the video clip. Now speaker Spicer is noticed more often by baseless statements. But if you look at the Material from the summit, it is necessary to determine: Trump has on all of the images from the other sessions, only the small earphone in the right ear What is bitter: The correction message to the colleagues went under with only 173 Retweets.

Here, Trump clearly has the button in the right ear

What conclusion should one draw from the two summit days, and both of these dubious messages? For one thing, we need to work in the hectic era of Social Media, even if a Tweet comes in, then an hour later. And of course: storytelling and wit belong since ever to the journalistic business, in order to make the facts clear. And the fact was that Trump isolated stand on the summit next to it. Only that, unfortunately, the wrong image was used evidence to support them. A portion of the blame for this Situation, the U.S. President himself. After the Rüpelauftritt in the case of Nato, where he pushed the other head of the government roughly to the side, no one was more surprised at the fact that he listened to seemingly neither the one nor the port was looking for. You trust him everything.

Right here the dog is buried. It was surprising, therefore, none, because no one was there. All of the Events together rhymes at points over short image transfers and background discussions via e-Mail. Access for journalists was largely excluded. The vast majority of the 4,000 accredited media representatives followed the summit, far away from the press center. If you want to avoid such problems in the future, should you decide the Balance between security and access for the press for the benefit of the Public.