What Fox News host Steve Doocy claimed our President said:
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“Unlike some people, I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth.”
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What our President actually said:
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“Somebody gave me an education. I wasn’t born with a silver spoon in my mouth.”
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from TPM:
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Doocy’s rendition made it easier to portray the remark as a jab against Mitt Romney while interviewing him — Romney portrayed it as an attack on his father’s success. The misquote was then picked up by the Washington Post and New York Post — both of which later ran corrections — as well as conservative blogs.
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It isn’t the first time Doocy has put words in Obama’s mouth. Last October he falsely reported the president was planning on apologizing to Japan for U.S. actions during World War II, only to later concede that what he said was false.
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Fox News’ Steve Doocy Retracts Fabricated Obama Quote: ‘I Did Some Paraphrasing’ | TPMDC