You would think these liberal websites would have learned there is no honor in promoting fake stories for clicks, but then again, it’s a money game these days.

The Daily Kos and Rare pushed a story this week referencing President Trump’s call with President Vladimir Putin concluding the phone meeting was deleted so there would be no trace.

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Here’s the issue. The White House did release a readout of the call between Putin and Trump, and neither of those two websites took the time to look for it.

The Daily Caller called both of these websites out in a stinging article:

There's no recording of Trump's talk with Putin—because Trump's team turned off the recorder https://t.co/7Nz6jWqsaJ — Daily Kos (@dailykos) February 2, 2017

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From Daily Caller:

Left-wing websites lit up on Thursday with reports that the White House did not release a readout of last Saturday’s phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin because West Wing tape recording devices were shut off. But as with many knee-jerk reports that have marred the media landscape in recent weeks, the report is based on speculation from a “foreign policy insider” that appears to be false.

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For one, the White House did release a readout of the phone call. On top of that, the White House has not systematically recorded presidential phone calls with foreign leaders since the days of Richard Nixon. The revelation in 2014 that Ronald Reagan recorded some phone calls with world leaders caused a stir because most thought the practice had ended. The false claim about the readout and recording originated with Ilan Berman, the vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council. Speaking on Wednesday at a forum hosted by the Bipartisan Policy Center, Berman asserted that the White House did not produce a readout of the Trump-Putin phone call because “they turned the tape recorder off.” “You always look for the readout of the phone call, whatever it is,” Berman said. “Did you guys notice there was no American readout of the phone call? There was none. They turned the tape recorder off. There was a Russian readout of the phone call.” Berman went on to say that Russia’s readout portrayed a positive conversation between Trump and Putin. “The Russians think that the phone call went really well. The Russians think that there was an implicit grant of a recognition of spheres of influence,” he continued. Left-wing websites like Raw Story and Daily Kos ran with Berman’s claims, referring to the think tank executive as a “foreign policy insider.” GQ put its own spin on the Raw Story report. The articles were shared on social media tens of thousands of times. But Berman backed off of his claim on Thursday, saying that he did not “know for a fact” that the White House turned off its tape recorders.

The readout of the call stated the called was a congratulatory one from Putin and that it lasted for one hour. Topics ranged from defeating ISIS to working together to achieve more peace throughout the world.

Daily Kos and Raw Story got it wrong. Will they apologize? What do you think should happen? Share your opinions below.

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