Reuters Reports Monstrous Lie Claiming Trump Sought ‘Monopoly’ on COVID-19 Vaccine

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A report from a German newspaper claiming that Trump wanted to secure exclusive access to a coronavirus vaccine has proven to be false, but only after the story was spread by mainstream media outlets including Reuters, The Guardian, and Business Insider

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Reuters Stealth-Edits Debunked Story Claiming Trump Sought ‘Monopoly’ on COVID-19 Vaccine

By: David Ng, Breitbart,16 Mar 16, 2020:

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A report from a German newspaper claiming that President Donald Trump wanted to secure exclusive American access to a coronavirus vaccine has proven to be false, but only after the story was repeated and spread by mainstream media outlets including Reuters, The Guardian, and Business Insider.

Reuters later stealth-edited its story to incorporate official statements denying the original newspaper report. But a New York Times journalist had already shared the Reuters article before it was altered. An MSNBC producer also shared the story.

The German newspaper Welt am Sonntag published a story Sunday claiming that White House officials had offered about $1 billion to the German biopharmaceutical firm CureVac to move to the U.S. and to make a coronavirus vaccine for the U.S. only. The company has indicated that it hopes to have a vaccine by June or July.

The newspaper cited an anonymous source in the German government claiming to “confirm” that President Trump wanted the vaccine “only for the United States,” then covered reactions from German politicians, who declared “no country should have a monopoly on any future vaccine,” according to the summary from reporters Paul Carrel and Andreas Rinke.

But the story quickly fell apart. CureVac issued a statement on Twitter denying that it received an offer from the U.S. government. “CureVac rejects all allegations from press,” the firm said.

Richard Grenell, the former U.S. ambassador to Germany, also denied the story, saying that the original Welt story “was wrong.”

At the time of this writing, the text of the Reuters story’s altered section reads:

A German Health Ministry spokeswoman, confirming a quote in the newspaper, said: “The German government is very interested in ensuring that vaccines and active substances against the new coronavirus are also developed in Germany and Europe.”

“In this regard, the government is in intensive exchange with the company CureVac,” she added.

Multiple English-language news outlets picked up the Welt story, including Reuters’ text. The revised Reuters story contains no editorial indications that it was corrected or updated, which is standard journalistic practice.

New York Times deputy weekend editor Aman Batheja tweeted out the first version of the Reuters article — hyping it as a “bombshell story” — to his nearly 15,000 followers. His post was retweeted more than 11,000 times.

The Times later ran its own story that cast doubt on the original Welt article. The Times reported that another German official said it “was unclear whether the [Trump] administration simply wanted the research work, and for any resulting production to be on American soil.”

The Guardian‘s story still claims that President Trump wants the vaccine for “exclusive U.S. access.” Other outlets that spread the debunked story include Business Insider, NBC News, and Mother Jones.

MSNBC producer Kyle Griffin also spread the Business Insider article to his more than 693,000 Twitter followers.

Welt alleged in its article that Trump administration officials met with CureVac’s CEO Daniel Menichella earlier this month to discuss the vaccine. Menichella later stepped down from the company.

The newspaper claims that the U.S. subsequently tied to broker a  deal for exclusive access to the vaccine, which then prompted the German government to attempt a counter offer.

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Ari
Ari
4 years ago

A strange news and of course a lie. The MSM has consistently smeared the US president. comment image Euronews TV news presenter Anelise Borges

patd
patd
4 years ago

Nothing but lying POS BS libturds at the LSM!!!!

stephen5970
stephen5970
4 years ago

Has there been a retraction or correction by these “news” sources? Will there be a prominent correction that would be difficult to miss? If there is a correction, will it be buried on a inside page or just before the end of a news show where no one sticks around?

Correction? That would mean acknowledging that they spread fake news, and they must protect their reputation, so its doubtful a correction will be made.

Will the Twits who use Twitter to repeat any rumour post corrections, honestly stating that they fell for this hoax? Don’t count on it.

williamdiamon
williamdiamon
4 years ago

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Drew the Infidel
Drew the Infidel
4 years ago

When people make such outrageous claims, they are only exposing their ignorance. A little patience is required once you examine the necessity for thorough testing.

As an example, remember the disastrous surprise everyone had over the medication thalidomide? Though originally marketed over the counter as an aid for anxiety and useful today as a cancer treatment, the real bombshell was pregnant women using it.

Their newborns had a 40% mortality rate and those who survived were likely to have unimaginable deformities. Formulating a new vaccine is far more complicated and involved than whipping up a margarita.

Dave Glynn
Dave Glynn
4 years ago

That train We’v been waiting for arrives spot on time!comment image

John Acord
John Acord
4 years ago

The Dog Fart Media avoids the true story that the ChiComs have attacked the West with a WMD that will soon kill tens of millions and cause economic chaos they have already exploited to reap hundreds of billions in our securities markets.

cylde
cylde
4 years ago

The US government does not manufacture anything. That is restricted to the private sector.. the president can not even build a wall on our border without congress.

Don39
Don39
4 years ago

Who cares what Reuters says? They are a lying propaganda house with zero respect. Like the rest of the leftist media anything they say is a made for TV lie or distorted propaganda piece.

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