tailgater wrote:Multiple sources and multiple instances. You better put those in quotes.
Because only one "news" outlet has it. The others are simply regurgitating it.
Using your check points above we can conclude that Obama was born in Kenya.
It was believable because we had video evidence of his grandmother saying she witnessed the birth there.
It was corroborated by said memaw.
No notes needed when it's on video.
Yet hindsight will tell us that it was wrong to run with those scissors. Despite the evidence.
Because when it boils down to a single source it SHOULD make you stop and wonder.
You didn't.
You posted it as if it were fact.
Like the birthers did.
So yes.
It is TDS and a very selective memory.
I see you have trouble with the concept of what "it" is.
Obama's birth is not on video.
Trump's statement is allegedly in notes.
Video of obama's grandmother saying she saw his birth is not an equivalent piece of information. That would be equivalent to some source being on video saying they heard it. But I understand, this information is difficult for you to understand.
And you're failing to realize that no one is contesting trump's statement. I mean... other than trump. But he's the least reliable person. Many people contested obama's birth, including the state of hawaii, you know, with having a birth certificate.... not to mention many years of history of having government documents with no indication of a foreign birth.
The trump administration has not denied that he said this. they make nice statements about "not commenting on what he may or may not have said". None of them have said "I was in that meeting and this is false".
What's funny is you even said it's "believable".
Do you know what that means?
That means we've already accepted that he's dumb enough to have said this.
It also means that we have already accepted that he's immoral enough to lie blatantly about not saying it.
But you want to argue whether he actually said it or not, and claim the MSM is making him look bad by publishing it.
He already has made himself appear this dumb.
At this point we're just parsing which of the 1000s of horrendously dumb things he actually said and which are false.... and you think you have some win here. Like if you proved he didn't say this then that would absolve the 999 other dumb things he's said. It wont.
Even if you were to prove that this is a mainstream media hoax.... that doesn't win you anything.