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MSNBC Host Shoots Down Left Wing Rag’s Claim That Trump Was Booed At Tennis Event

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MSNBC host Stephanie Ruhle rejected a report by Rolling Stone on Sunday which alleged that an audience relentlessly booed President Donald Trump at the U.S. Open men’s finals.

Rolling Stone published its report, “US Open Crowd Booed Trump Repeatedly,” which alleged that the boos could be heard during the National Anthem and when the president was shown on the arena screen. However, Ruhle said that she did not witness any booing and that the security delays for Trump’s appearance did not impact any attendee’s time.

“I was there. I didn’t witness him getting booed & the delay wasn’t a big deal,” Ruhle wrote on X. “The day was about great tennis. The President was there too.”

Rolling Stone appeared to base its reporting off of two users on BlueSky, a left-wing social media site, whom claimed there were “audible boos and a few light claps.”

Rolling Stone had been at the center of publishing a false story in the past which ultimately led to a lawsuit. The outlet published a false story in 2014 titled “A Rape on Campus,” which alleged that a student named Jackie Coakley was gang raped by seven members of a fraternity at the University of Virginia (UVA). Rolling Stone later retracted the story and the writer, Sabrina Erdely, apologized to her readers, UVA and “any victims of sexual assault who may feel fearful as a result of [her] article.”

UVA filed a defamation lawsuit against Rolling Stone and Erdely for allegedly causing reputable harm to the school and making the former associate dean, Nicole Eramo, appear indifference to victims of sexual assault. Rolling Stone and UVA agreed to a $3 million settlement in April 2017.