A New York Times fact-check that claimed Donald Trump lied when he said FEMA deliberately neglected the storm-ravaged homes of his supporters has been debunked — but you’d never know it.
The “paper of record” has yet to publish a correction, even though the disaster agency last week revealed Trump was right all along.
The Oct. 4 Times article, entitled, “Trump’s False Claims About the Federal Response to Hurricane Helene,” has not been revised and remains published online even though it says the president-elect “falsely accused” the Biden administration of “neglecting areas that had voted for Republicans.”
The federal disaster relief agency last week even sided with Trump, saying one of its employees, Marn’i Washington, gave workers in Lake Placid, Fla., the disturbing order to “avoid homes advertising Trump” in a “best practices” memo to employees obtained by Daily Wire.
The 39-year-old Washington also allegedly issued the cruel edict verbally to workers on the ground.
One of those workers wrote a message in FEMA’s tracking system about a skipped house, saying, “Trump sign no entry per leadership,” according to a screenshot obtained by the outlet.
FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell called Washington’s actions “a clear violation of FEMA’s core values and principles to help people regardless of their political affiliation.
“This employee has been terminated and we have referred the matter to the Office of Special Counsel,” Criswell added in her statement.
She further pledged she’d “do everything I can to make sure this never happens again.”
Yet in spite of Washington’s termination and the agency chief’s admission, the Oct. 4 Times article — written by staff reporter and “fact checker” Linda Qiu — still accuses Trump of fibbing about the federal government giving preferential treatment to those who didn’t support his campaign.
The House of Representatives Oversight Committee said it has since launched an investigation to look further into the reports and ensure FEMA is sticking to its mission to help “Americans of all political persuasions.”
In an X post by Fox News contributor Joe Concha viewed more than 350,000 times, users dragged the Gray Lady for leaving the erroneous accusations on its website.
“You mean when they said he was lying they were in fact lying??” asked one incredulous user.
Another person wrote, “The few remaining NYT subscribers should demand a retraction AND an apology.”
A Post message sent to the Times asking whether the article will be corrected or updated was not immediately returned.
