Thread by @douglasblackmon

Journalist colleagues:
OK, @realDonaldTrump’s hurricane bit was incredibly dumb. Got it. But now it’s been reported 1000s of times that “a Sharpie” was used. Is there actual reporting on that?
Or on who did it?
Or does “Sharpie” just sound better?
washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/0…

Also, as dumb as @realDonaldTrump’s hurricane fiasco is, he did NOT hold up a map w/ a loop drawn “around” the state of Alabama.
There is no need to embellish the President’s absurdisms. It makes Trump’s exaggerations look normal...
(This one is a true error, @washpost)

Credit to the more circumspect @peterbakernyt and others at @nytimes for saying the offending loop only “appeared” to be from a black Sharpie.
But wouldn’t it be better just to report what’s actually known—“a marker”?
nytimes.com/2019/09/09/cli…