Three days ago, Reuters broke the news that Jamie Dimon had been directly contacted by the Trump campaign to run the Treasury. The headline, which remains in their original tweet, was “Trump team contacted JPMorgan’s Dimon for Treasury role” (here’s a screenshot in case they delete it).
Trump team contacted JPMorgan's Dimon for Treasury role https://t.co/4qUqyk0tbj pic.twitter.com/6iyaEQLY2k
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 10, 2016
The original article begins:
A senior person on President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team contacted JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon to see if he would be interested in being U.S. Treasury secretary, a person familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
It is unclear how Dimon responded, said the person, who was not authorized to speak publicly. Dimon has said multiple times in the past that he is not interested in the job – most recently in September.
While doing research to follow up, I discovered that exactly FOUR hours and 30 minutes after breaking the Dimon story, Reuters sent out a NEW tweet with a totally different headline and article (which was regurgitated on Fortune’s website).
Trump outreach to Dimon for Treasury job may fall on deaf ears https://t.co/36OUZN2vDP pic.twitter.com/GFpNSkR8Cp
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 11, 2016
OF NOTE: The original article is GONE from the Reuters website (or at least I can’t find it), and the link in the original tweet redirects to the new article. Let’s compare and contrast:
Emphatically!
I found a copy of the original article as it was slapped up on RawStory before the change. Note how author Dan Freed, former Senior Writer for TheStreet.com, goes on to point out that while Trump was critical of Wall Street, his closest advisors include “several hedge fund executives, investors and former bankers.” BURN!
The next day, Reuters tweets some stupid interactive “Economic Dream Team” thing which no longer lets you choose Dimon, to let it be known that Jeb Hensarling is a serious contender for the role. Click the link in the tweet below and check it out.
Jamie Dimon or Jeb Hensarling? Try out your picks for the U.S. president-elect's economic team https://t.co/ylH50cgIoZ via @breakingviews pic.twitter.com/ibIGsYp4h7
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) November 13, 2016
I wonder what happened? Perhaps old men in wood paneled rooms at the House of Morgan had their butler hand the oldest one a still operational antique telephone for an angry call to Reuters? Was Dan Freed madly re-writing the article on his iPhone from the Reuters bathroom while taking a panic shit? If so, let’s not be mad at Dan for what was likely a direct order from someone who drives a much nicer car. A tin foil thought though; What if Dan wrote the first version to make it look like Trump sold out to the establishment, and that angry phone call was from one of Donald Trump’s lawyers?
Whatever the case, Reuters’ dramatic shift in tone from the original article is both stunning and journalistically dishonest.
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I thought it was psy-ops bs when I heard it
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English please.