The Daily Beast Suggests Trump Interview Was Fake. There’s Just One Problem – By Paula Bolyard (PJ Media) / Spt 1, 2023
It’s a perfect example of the state of modern journalism. A “National Politics Reporter” for The Daily Beast set out to dunk on an interview John Solomon did with former President Donald Trump at Real America’s Voice, suggesting the voice on the phone was either an impersonator or AI, and ended up getting punked himself.
“Journalist” Zachary Petrizzo wrote an article published at The Daily Beast on Friday with the headline “MAGA Network Investigating Whether Hosts Were Duped by Fake Trump.” The subhead, which included the tagline “Major Oversight,” went on to claim, “While the owner of Real America’s Voice believes an impersonator fooled the channel, pro-Trump journalist John Solomon insists that it was ‘definitely’ Trump on the line.” The original version of the article is archived here.
The opening paragraphs of the article, in addition to disparaging the channel and Solomon, claim that they were “fooled” by a trump impersonator:
The owner of fringe-right channel Real America’s Voice is investigating whether pro-Trump journalist John Solomon and his co-host Amanda Head were fooled on Thursday night by a prank caller purporting to be former President Donald Trump.
Solomon, a former Fox News contributor and a key architect of Trump’s Ukraine conspiracy that led to the ex-president’s first impeachment, boasted on Thursday night that the little-watched network had scored an “exclusive” phone interview with Trump. However, immediately after the conversation began, it was clear that something wasn’t right.
