WH Press Release on Exxon Includes Paragraph Almost Identical to One in Exxon Press Release
Last edited Tue Mar 7, 2017, 12:22 AM - Edit history (1)
Source: Mediaite
A White House press release commending Exxon for its $20 billion investment program contains a paragraph almost identical to a paragraph in the companys press release.
The president today applauded the Growing the Gulf expansion program from ExxonMobilwhose CEO was up until recently Secretary of State Rex Tillersonand had this to say on Twitter:
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However, as first flagged by Washington Post reporter Christopher Ingraham, this paragraph from the ExxonMobil press release
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is almost identical to this paragraph from the White House press release, which does not give direct attribution to the Exxon statement:
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From the Exxon press release here:
http://news.exxonmobil.com/press-release/exxonmobil-plans-investments-20-billion-expand-manufacturing-us-gulf-region
[div class"excerpt"]ExxonMobil is strategically investing in new refining and chemical-manufacturing projects in the U.S. Gulf Coast region to expand its manufacturing and export capacity. The companys Growing the Gulf expansion program, consists of 11 major chemical, refining, lubricant and liquefied natural gas projects at proposed new and existing facilities along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Investments began in 2013 and are expected to continue through at least 2022.
From the WH press release here:
[div class"excerpt"]Exxon Mobil is strategically investing in new refining and chemical-manufacturing projects in the United States Gulf Coast region to expand its manufacturing and export capacity. The companys Growing the Gulf program consists of 11 major chemical, refining, lubricant and liquefied natural gas projects at proposed new and existing facilities along the Texas and Louisiana coasts. Investments began in 2013 and are expected to continue through at least 2022.
An unnamed WH official gave this explanation to reporters for CNN and NBC: The expansion program has many different components to it, and we went straight to the source for some of our information.
Yes, it always helps to let Exxon write part of its own commercials sent out via the WH.
Links to Trump's tweets thanking Exxon:
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I guess he didn't go straight to the source. He also misspelled principles as principals in the first tweet. a mistake still uncorrected hours later. Good thing the WH staff hadn't counted on Trump to try to copy that longer paragraph they plagiarized.
LOL. I have to edit to post the new link for the first tweet from Trump listed above:
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The WH staff finally noticed and corrected the typo this evening.
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