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Trump goes after WaPo reporter for misleading tweet

December 11, 2017 by  
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President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse Democrat slams Donald Trump Jr. for ‘serious case of amnesia’ after testimony Skier Lindsey Vonn: I don’t want to represent Trump at Olympics Poll: 4 in 10 Republicans think senior Trump advisers had improper dealings with Russia MORE blasted a Washington Post reporter on Saturday, accusing him of posting a misleading photo showing a mostly-empty venue ahead of the president’s Friday rally in Pensacola, Fla.

“@DaveWeigel @WashingtonPost put out a phony photo of an empty arena hours before I arrived @ the venue, w/ thousands of people outside, on their way in. Real photos now shown as I spoke,” Trump tweeted. “Packed house, many people unable to get in. Demand apology retraction from FAKE NEWS WaPo!”

Dave Weigel, a political reporter for the Post, responded to the president’s tweet within minutes, pointing out that David Martosko, the Daily Mail’s U.S. politics editor, had told him he had “gotten it wrong” and noting that he had deleted the initial tweet.

He apologized for the mistake.

“Sure thing: I apologize. I deleted the photo after @dmartosko told me I’d gotten it wrong. Was confused by the image of you walking in the bottom right corner,” Weigel wrote on Twitter.

Weigel also noted that the initial tweet was posted from his personal Twitter account, rather than an official Washington Post account, adding that it was “very fair to call” him out.

 Trump responded to Weigel’s apology by calling for his firing.

“.@daveweigel of the Washington Post just admitted that his picture was a FAKE (fraud?) showing an almost empty arena last night for my speech in Pensacola when, in fact, he knew the arena was packed (as shown also on T.V.). FAKE NEWS, he should be fired,” Trump tweeted.

Trump’s tweet targeting Weigel was his most recent in a string of Twitter attacks on news organizations and reporters on Saturday. 

Earlier in the day, he hit ABC News reporter Brian Ross for an erroneous report aired last week claiming that Trump had instructed Michael Flynn, his first national security adviser, to make contact with Russians before the 2016 election.

After receiving widespread criticism, ABC News issued a “clarification” for that report, saying that Flynn was not directed to make contact until after the election. The network later issued a full “correction,” and Ross was suspended for four weeks without pay.

Also on Saturday, Trump turned his ire to CNN, accusing the network of making a “vicious and purposeful mistake” in a report published Friday. That report said that the Trump campaign had been given early access to hacked WikiLeaks documents on Sept. 4, 2016.

The network later issued a correction to that report, noting that the campaign was given access to the documents on Sept. 14, after WikiLeaks had made the documents public.

Updated at 5:30 p.m. 

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Marlins, Yankees discussing deal for Giancarlo Stanton, sources say

December 9, 2017 by  
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1:31 AM ET

With other possible trade options evaporating, the Marlins talked extensively with the New York Yankees on Friday about Giancarlo Stanton, as Miami continues to scramble for ways to reduce its massive debt, according to sources.

Stanton is owed $295 million over the next 10 years, and any trade would be complicated for the Yankees, who would like to include Jacoby Ellsbury. The center fielder is owed about $68.4 million through 2020, and like Stanton, he has a full no-trade clause.

Stanton is prepared to listen to a proposal involving the Yankees, according to sources.

Giants, Cardinals say Stanton has vetoed deals

Giancarlo Stanton has vetoed trades that the Miami Marlins worked out with San Francisco and St. Louis, declining to waive his no-trade clause.

The involvement of New York also could give the Marlins at least some leverage in their talks with the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are believed to be the preferred destination of the reigning NL MVP.

Earlier in the offseason, the Yankees thought that any deal for Stanton was completely out of the question, given their luxury-tax concerns and the early demands of the Marlins. But as Stanton’s control of the process has manifested through his no-trade clause, killing the potential for deals with the San Francisco Giants, St. Louis Cardinals and other teams, the Yankees and Marlins re-engaged in talks earlier this week.

Miami, under the new Derek Jeter-led ownership, has spent the past five weeks trying to move Stanton.

Jeter and businessman Bruce Sherman took over a franchise that was saddled with debt when they bought the Marlins from Jeffrey Loria for $1.2 billion. They got one big salary off the books Thursday when they traded Dee Gordon to the Seattle Mariners for three minor leaguers. Gordon is owed $37 million in base salary through the 2020 season.

A Stanton deal has been tougher.

The Marlins had the parameters of trades with both the Giants and Cardinals, but both clubs said Friday that Stanton refused to waive his no-trade clause for them.

“Our agreement with the Marlins to acquire Giancarlo Stanton subject to his waiving of the no-trade clause will not move forward and it is our understanding that the Marlins and Stanton are exploring other options,” the Giants said in a release.

Said Cardinals chairman and CEO Bill DeWitt Jr.: “We had an agreement to acquire Giancarlo Stanton from the Miami Marlins, subject to him waiving his no-trade clause. While we are disappointed in his decision, we will continue to make every effort to improve our club for the upcoming season.”

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