WHEN THE PRESS ATTACKS DONALD TRUMP, THE TRUTH IS OPTIONAL. It appears Trump was at least partially correct on this. Still no proof it was on TV. We’ll have to wait and see if anyone digs up a news broadcast.
So NPR, the New York Times and the Associated Press searched contemporaneous news accounts and could find no evidence of Muslim-Americans cheering in Jersey City. That’s odd. Because it took me less than two minutes to find this story from the Washington Post dated September 18, 2001 (although I did have to spend $3.95 to buy it from the Post’s archives):
In Jersey City, within hours of two jetliners’ plowing into the World Trade Center, law enforcement authorities detained and questioned a number of people who were allegedly seen celebrating the attacks and holding tailgate-style parties on rooftops while they watched the devastation on the other side of the river.
EDITOR: Here’s some more from Powerline Blog.
