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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:12 PM Jan 2018

Melania spokeswoman blasts 'salacious' reports as 'fake news'

Source: The Hill

BY JOHN BOWDEN - 01/26/18 04:51 PM EST

A spokeswoman for first lady Melania Trump lashed out at the media for "tabloid" reporting that about she says has "seeped into 'main stream' reporting."

In a tweet Friday afternoon that did not mention a specific report, Trump's spokeswoman Stephanie Grisham accused news outlets of "salacious & false reporting," and referred to some outlets as "fake news."




The tweet from Grisham came just hours after the United Kingdom-based Daily Mail published a report claiming the first lady was spending nights in a D.C. hotel following news reports alleging that President Trump's lawyer Michael Cohen arranged a $130,000 payment to a porn star for her silence concerning an affair with Trump.

The first lady originally planned to accompany her husband to Davos, Switzerland, this week for the World Economic Forum but instead remained behind.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/370969-melania-trump-spokeswoman-blasts-fake-news-about-the-first-lady
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Melania spokeswoman blasts 'salacious' reports as 'fake news' (Original Post) DonViejo Jan 2018 OP
Can't take the heat MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #1
Too bad the Trumps have cried 'wolf' so much about 'fake news'. Chemisse Jan 2018 #2
Maybe it's the liquor speaking underpants Jan 2018 #3
Because its the Daily Mail, it could well be maxsolomon Jan 2018 #4
The Daily Mail is not exactly known for leftist bias alp227 Jan 2018 #29
OTOH, Melania sued them and won maxsolomon Jan 2018 #32
The Daily Mail is reporting canetoad Jan 2018 #5
It was reported by their "West Coast Correspondent", who mainly reports celeb gossip muriel_volestrangler Jan 2018 #14
Mrs. Rump sued Scarsdale Jan 2018 #30
If any situation ever called for silence... 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2018 #6
She slept with a married man. Demtexan Jan 2018 #7
This, actually GusBob Jan 2018 #23
He gave her a week to get the weight off. Demtexan Jan 2018 #24
Someday their son will be a man, and his dad will be dead GusBob Jan 2018 #26
Just when I was about to feel sorry for her.... jpak Jan 2018 #8
What is it about these people madaboutharry Jan 2018 #9
Dotard bragging about his adultery is not fake news. keithbvadu2 Jan 2018 #10
Decent people don't need to constantly lash out thegoose Jan 2018 #11
So....WHY does Melanoma have a spokeswoman? Dem4eva Jan 2018 #12
Which upset her more, Scarsdale Jan 2018 #31
A spokesperson who just repeats the trademark "fake news"? Orsino Jan 2018 #33
more distraction orangecrush Jan 2018 #13
The press Ohiogal Jan 2018 #15
Just cuz. ... will post it here UpInArms Jan 2018 #18
FAKE QUOTES alp227 Jan 2018 #28
Awwwww ... UpInArms Jan 2018 #16
FAKE QUOTES alp227 Jan 2018 #27
I imagine typing in all caps makes your redundancy much less annoying. LanternWaste Jan 2018 #34
"redundancy" steve2470 Jan 2018 #35
Maybe Melania had to move to a motel because hubby has ordered solid gold toilets be installed... Rollo Jan 2018 #17
Focused on her role? Retrograde Jan 2018 #19
So she is NOT staying in a DC hotel, and actually IS accompanying her husband to Davos? LiberalLovinLug Jan 2018 #20
There's the confirmation! catrose Jan 2018 #21
Where's the kid staying? DeminPennswoods Jan 2018 #22
His grandparents live with them. Demtexan Jan 2018 #25
We will know more Tuesday night, Ilsa Jan 2018 #36
Why is this news? Cold War Spook Jan 2018 #37

maxsolomon

(33,473 posts)
4. Because its the Daily Mail, it could well be
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:21 PM
Jan 2018

a fake story planted to HELP Trump when it was exposed.

such methods have been used by the National Enquirer which is nakedly pro-Trump.

the 4th Viscount Rothermere is not above such skullduggery.

maxsolomon

(33,473 posts)
32. OTOH, Melania sued them and won
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 12:34 PM
Jan 2018

but no, they are known for being Tory. and that's why I was saying skullduggery.

canetoad

(17,218 posts)
5. The Daily Mail is reporting
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:21 PM
Jan 2018

She stayed in an hotel. Last year she sued them and won, so they would be damn sure this is accurate before printing.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,421 posts)
14. It was reported by their "West Coast Correspondent", who mainly reports celeb gossip
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 09:46 PM
Jan 2018

It's a pretty dubious way for Washington events to be reported.

I'm not sure saying someone is staying in a hotel after extensive news about their husband sleeping around is defamatory (whereas last year's allegations about being a sex worker were).

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
30. Mrs. Rump sued
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 08:01 AM
Jan 2018

for $150 million, settled for $2.5. so there must have been SOME truth to their accusations.

Demtexan

(1,588 posts)
7. She slept with a married man.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:30 PM
Jan 2018

At some point she found out he was married.

She is no better then her husband.

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
23. This, actually
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 12:38 AM
Jan 2018

Good lord he is sleeping with porn stars because she has post partum weight!

What the he'll did she expect?

GusBob

(7,286 posts)
26. Someday their son will be a man, and his dad will be dead
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 12:50 AM
Jan 2018

And I bet you he will disrespect his mother too, same as his father.

madaboutharry

(40,248 posts)
9. What is it about these people
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:47 PM
Jan 2018

in this White House that they are incapable of putting out a dignified statement?

keithbvadu2

(37,057 posts)
10. Dotard bragging about his adultery is not fake news.
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 08:52 PM
Jan 2018

Dotard bragging about his adultery is not fake news.

 

Dem4eva

(41 posts)
12. So....WHY does Melanoma have a spokeswoman?
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 09:39 PM
Jan 2018

She doesn't do anything. Oh yeah, to defend her from the 'false allegations' about her scumbag husband. #SAD

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)
31. Which upset her more,
Sat Jan 27, 2018, 08:06 AM
Jan 2018

the affair with a porn star, or the paying her off?? Remember "A man who marries his mistress creates a job opening".

Orsino

(37,428 posts)
33. A spokesperson who just repeats the trademark "fake news"?
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 12:47 PM
Jan 2018

She doesn't. That's one of his fixers.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
34. I imagine typing in all caps makes your redundancy much less annoying.
Mon Jan 29, 2018, 01:22 PM
Jan 2018

I imagine typing in all caps makes your redundancy much less annoying.

OR DOES IT? WHO KNOWS?

Rollo

(2,559 posts)
17. Maybe Melania had to move to a motel because hubby has ordered solid gold toilets be installed...
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 10:36 PM
Jan 2018

...in every room in the White House.

"When I gotta go, I get to go!" Mr. Trump huffed when asked about this by an imaginary reporter. "And nobody goes as well as me! I'm the greatest goer in the history of the universe!"

Retrograde

(10,186 posts)
19. Focused on her role?
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:13 PM
Jan 2018

Like the cyber-bulling? Is she actually doing anything, or just gallivanting around on our dime?

LiberalLovinLug

(14,180 posts)
20. So she is NOT staying in a DC hotel, and actually IS accompanying her husband to Davos?
Fri Jan 26, 2018, 11:35 PM
Jan 2018

Notice Grisham does not actually say what is the fake news.
Its all true, and its just that some news org dared to print it.

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