The
disgraced WaPo has relegated itself to
fact checking the President elect's comments on fashion:
Trump played hype man for his own inauguration, boasting that the turnout would be record-setting. “There will be plenty of movie and entertainment stars,” Trump told the [New York] Times. “All the dress shops are sold out in Washington. It’s hard to find a great dress for this inauguration.”
Hang on — is Trump actually saying that Washington’s racks are bare of formal gowns? That there are scant “great” frocks left? Putting aside the old-timey reference to “dress shops” (ladies wear all manner of clothing these days, including pants), we wondered if it was possible that the city’s shops actually had been cleared out of ball-worthy wear.
Needless to say, they were able to find that dresses were readily available in the DC metro area. Well done. Way to speak truth to power. Perhaps they could apply this same level of effort to providing factual reporting on real news.
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