Journalism’s New Propaganda Tool: Using “Confirmed” to Mean Its Opposite

File photo dated June 6, 2019 of U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron speak to veterans during a ceremony commemorating the 75th anniversary of the D-Day, at Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial situated above Omaha Beach, in Colleville-sur-Mer, France. President Trump refused to visit a First World War cemetery in France because he said dead US soldiers were "losers" and "suckers". The allegations, first reported in The Atlantic, contain multiple instances of Mr Trump making disparaging remarks about members of the US military who have been captured or killed, and claim that the president refused to attend a service at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018. Mr Trump said on Thursday that the story is "totally false." Photo by Stephane Lemouton/pool/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images)

Outlets claiming to have “confirmed” Jeffrey Goldberg’s story about Trump’s troops comments are again abusing that vital term.

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