Melanie Arter dutifully transcribed in an Aug. 14 CNSNews.com article:
In an impromptu speech at the White House on Monday, President Donald Trump specifically called out white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan in the wake of the violence in Charlottesville, Va.
The president said anyone who commits violence in the name of racism are “criminals and thugs,” and specifically named the KKK, white supremacists, and neo-Nazis.
“Racism is evil, and those who cause violence in its name are criminals and thugs, including the KKK, neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as Americans,” Trump said.
Curiously missing from Arter’s article: Any mention of Trump’s statement two days earlier in which he failed to specifically call out white supremacists and the Ku Klux Klan, criticism over which appears to have forced Trump’s “impromptu speech” being more specific.
The following day, Arter wrote up Trump’s wild remarks about Charlottesville that took stenography to a new level — she simply presented Trump’s remarks as matter-of-fact as possible and made no mention of the controversy over them. Wouldn’t want inconvenient facts to get in the way of the stenography, after all.
Arter also asserted that “The president’s comments come a day after he specifically condemned the white nationalists and neo-Nazis who took part in demonstrations in Charlottesville.” Needless to say, Arter didn’t mention Trump’s deficient original statement in this article either.