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Oh come on... > https://web.archive.org/web/20171106063502/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/06/trump-dump-president-throws-entire-box-of-fish-food-
by ajsnigrutin 5y ago
Oh come on...
> https://web.archive.org/web/20171106063502/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/06/trump-dump-president-throws-entire-box-of-fish-food-into-precious-koi-carp-pond https://web.archive.org/web/20171106063502/https://www.thegu...
> Trump dump: president throws entire box of fish food into precious koi carp pond
> While his host, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe, spoons small amounts of feed, the US leader gives the fish a large feast
> Having apparently lost patience with tempting the fish to the edge with modest offerings of food, Trump simply upended his wooden container and dumped its entire contents into the water.
> White House reporters captured the moment on their smartphones and tweeted evidence of the president’s questionable grasp of fish keeping.
> Abe is seen grinning, as is a woman in a kimono standing to one side. Next to her, Rex Tillerson – perhaps grateful for a moment of comic relief after he was named in the Paradise Papers – could not suppress a laugh, according to witnesses.
> Some speculated that a poor palace employee would be dispatched to the scene of Trump’s faux pas to the clean up the mess as soon as the two leaders disappeared inside.
> Trump is not alone in misjudging the fishes’ appetite, however. According to the Aquascape website, overfeeding is the most common mistake made by keepers of koi carp.
> “This can make your fish sick, and excessive amounts of waste that strains the limits of what can be biologically reduced, results in a decline of water quality,” the site says.
The whole article is written as "trump stupid, kill fish"
Of course the reality is... trump did it all by protocol, doing what the host did, first feeding by the spoon, then throwing in the rest... but they even managed to crop the video, showing only what trump did, and cutting Abe out of the frame.
This is not some random guy on facebook, or some cheap rag.. it's a (once) respectable newspaper. If I cannot trust them with reporting about something, that was recorded by many, many cameras, and with video available everywhere, how can I trust them with reporting about something, I have no direct insight to?
- AustinDev 5y agoOh yeah I remember this whole charade. It happened rather early and was blatantly transparent.
- ajsnigrutin 5y agoyeah, and it's sad, because it wasn't something that was unverifiable, it wasn't an "unnamed source"... it was something recorded by many cameras and broadcasted in many places... figuring out it was a lie was a 5 minute process. How can i trust them then with an "unnamed source" stories, when they lie about stuff recorded on camera?
- jbggyjn 5y agoYou can't, and shouldn't. The people in this thread that still have blind faith in the legacy media are mind boggling to me
- kyleee 5y agoThis is one of my favorite memories from the Trump years; and such a fun example of the depths to which our media establishment has sunk
- randomopining 5y agoFox did multiple coverages on Obama's tan suit that he wore once or twice... lol.
- cies 5y ago> Your support helps protect the Guardian’s independence and it means we can keep delivering quality journalism that’s open for everyone around the world. Every contribution, however big or small, is so valuable for our future. Lol "quality journalism" as they say it themselves. Not my level of quality. They have good pieces. But hit-pieces like this makes me unable to support them at all.