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    A suspicious pattern is emerging for how the White House handles its most controversial plans

    http://www.businessinsider.com/w…

    The White House quickly denied an explosive Associated Press report published Friday morning that said the Department of Homeland Security was seeking to mobilize 100,000 National Guard troops to round up and deport immigrants living in the US illegally.

    "It is false," the White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, said, according to a pool report. "It is irresponsible to be saying this. There is no effort at all to round up, to utilize the National Guard to round up illegal immigrants."

    "I wish you guys had asked before you tweeted," Spicer added.

    The incident reflects an emerging pattern noted by several top political reporters in how the Trump administration handles its most controversial policy proposals, and undermines the press in the process:

    1. Wait for a draft memo of a proposal to be leaked to the press.
    2. Refuse to comment when asked about the draft.
    3. Wait to dispute a story's accuracy until the story is published.
    4. Accuse the press of never having sought comment to begin with.

    Trump has followed this pattern closely. In a press conference on Thursday, he dismissed reports about his campaign team's communication with Russia as "fake news," and said that the Wall Street Journal and New York Times had never asked him for comment before publishing their respective stories. Both outlets, however, either included a White House denial or stated that the White House did not respond to requests for comment.

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    • In the fast-moving media space it's an effective way of perpetuating the farce of 'fake news'... it's also sickening to think there's a method to the madnessBuddhaHat
    • so swampy but those emails though right omg!?

      imbeciles. look what you have done.      kona
    • I wonder if they are sending out info through people in the office they may think is leaking info. Or doing it themselves to claim fake news.capn_ron
    • There's such an apparent disinformation hustle going on here, I thought this stuff went a lot smoother...whatthefunk
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