The Colorado Times Recorder reported in a Jan. 17 article that the Chaffee County Republicans had posted a fake news story on their website that claimed that President Donald Trump and his family had donated $1 billion to build the border wall between the United states and Mexico. While the publication was pointing out the fake news, they created an inaccuracy of their own.
The article was investigated by Colorado Times Recorder Reporter Peter Savic, who said that fact-checking the article with two fact-checking sites, politifact.com and snopes.com, commonly used by news media to verify information. Both revealed the donation claim was not true.
The snopes.com commentary said that “This report was not a genuine news article,” while the politifact.com site said that the article was “made up” It citing this quote from the story: ‘The family’s PR firm has released a statement that confirms that the facts that are about to come out aren’t speculation from un-trusted sources inside the administration, they are un-trusted speculation from another source altogether.’”
Savic said he had reached out for comment to the Chaffee County Republican Committee Chair. But he inaccurately identified that person as State Rep. Dave Williams (R-El Paso County), instead of Dave Williams, who resides in Nathrop.
The full article is available here:
https://coloradotimesrecorder.com/2019/01/chaffee-republicans-share-fake-news-in-an-attempt-to-undermine-the-left/12955/?fbclid=IwAR3zQLv9hsPTTOWORh1vYHMROYlDyg1x7BrJdl3t6WaX7Hef0BGMqiu5Kf0
Much Ado About Nothing
Trump family donate $1 billion to build the boarder wall! Interesting how that statement is believed, as people that hate Trump and people that love him would not be surprised if it were true!
However, to the point of the Ark Valley Voice article “CHAFFEE COUNTY REPUBLICANS POST UNVERIFIED STORY.”
Most people view Facebook in the same manner as a supermarket tabloid, its entertaining and some of it may be true!
The one-sided Colorado Times Recorder broke the story and our local news media picked it up. Wasted time writing an article that amounts to: why some people don’t like my bumper sticker!
The focus should not be taken off the mainstream media and placed on a county political party!
The most overriding question should be asked: why is the media at all levels one-sided and lock-stepped in their opinions, why can we no longer trust them to be fair and balanced journalist? Case in point – the attempted destruction of Covington High School students!
Dennis Heap
P.S. The Chaffee County Republican Facebook page is an open site and states: “Posts on our Facebook page reflect the opinions of the Chaffee Republicans Facebook staff and may not reflect official positions of the Chaffee Republicans”.
Dave Williams to my knowledge has never posted on the Chaffee County Republican Facebook page.
I am the administrator of the page and make over 95% of the posts. Every post that I write, or share has “Published by Dennis Heap.”