{"id":2217362,"date":"2024-04-10T12:14:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-today-changes-headline-on-trump-abortion-stance-after-biden-campaign-complains-during-press-call-report\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T12:17:35","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T16:17:35","slug":"usa-today-changes-headline-on-trump-abortion-stance-after-biden-campaign-complains-during-press-call-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/usa-today-changes-headline-on-trump-abortion-stance-after-biden-campaign-complains-during-press-call-report\/","title":{"rendered":"USA Today alters headline about Trump&#8217;s abortion stance following Biden campaign&#8217;s complaint during press call: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fusa-today-changes-headline-on-trump-abortion-stance-after-biden-campaign-complains-during-press-call-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2217362&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>USA Today \u200brevised a headline about Trump&#8217;s abortion stance after\u2063 pressure from the Biden campaign, which criticized the original headline as false. Trump&#8217;s statement supporting\u2062 states&#8217; authority on abortion laws prompted the headline change. \u200cThe Biden team highlighted the issue \u2062during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-democrats-hit-trump-era-manufacturing-deal-ahead-of-2024-fight\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Dems target Trump-era manufacturing deal before 2024 battle.\">press \u2062call<\/a>, leading to the headline alteration by USA Today shortly\u200c after.\u200d USA Today changed a headline on Trump&#8217;s abortion stance due to Biden campaign\u2063 pressure, deeming the initial headline inaccurate. Trump&#8217;s remarks favoring states&#8217; control over abortion laws triggered\u200c the update. The Biden team&#8217;s criticism during a press call prompted USA Today to adjust the headline soon after.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>USA Today appeared to cave to pressure from Team Biden after the campaign called out the news outlet during a Monday press call for publishing what it viewed as a \u201cparticularly egregiously false\u201d headline on former President Donald Trump\u2019s abortion statement.<\/p>\n<p>After Trump released a video statement Monday morning saying he wants states to have the final say on abortion laws, USA Today published an article with the headline: \u201c\u2018The will of the people\u2019: Trump opposes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mcconnell-claims-a-national-abortion-ban-is-possible-if-roe-v-wade-is-overturned\/\" title=\"McConnell Claims A National Abortion Ban Is \u2018Possible\u2019 If Roe V. Wade Is Overturned\">national abortion ban<\/a>; says states should decide.\u201d An <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20240408142300\/https:\/\/eu.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/04\/08\/donald-trump-national-abortion-ban\/73241518007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">archived version<\/a> of the article captured by Mediaite shows that later on Monday, USA Today changed the headline to \u201cDonald Trump says states should decide abortion policy, avoids talk of a national ban,\u201d with no editor\u2019s note explaining the major revision.<\/p>\n<p>Mediaite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/news\/usa-today-changes-trump-abortion-headline-after-biden-campaign-torpedoes-them-in-press-call-see-deleted-version\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that the change came just two hours after the Biden campaign blasted USA Today over the headline. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dSdopGjvI2w\">press call<\/a> included Biden Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez, Deputy Communications Director Brooke Goren, and pro-abortion advocate Kaitlyn Kash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne particularly egregiously false headline even said Trump, quote, \u2018opposes a national abortion ban and will leave it up to the will of the people,\u2019\u201d one Biden-Harris staffer said.<\/p>\n<p>USA Today told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/usa-today-reportedly-changes-headline-trumps-abortion-stance-after-biden-harris-campaign-complain\">Fox News<\/a> in a statement, \u201cOur mission is to report the facts as accurately as possible. As part of our routine editorial process with breaking news, headline updates are not uncommon. In this instance, the headline was updated to more precisely reflect the story,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his Monday statement, Trump said he \u201cproudly\u201d takes responsibility for the Supreme Court\u2019s overturning of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> in 2022, which opened the door for states to limit or completely ban abortion. He added that he is \u201cstrongly in favor of\u201d exceptions for rape, incest, and the life of the mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt the end of the day, this is about the will of the people,\u201d Trump said, adding later, \u201cYou must follow your heart on this issue, but remember: you must also win elections to restore our culture and, in fact, to save our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Immediately following Trump\u2019s statement, President Joe Biden said Trump would still sign federal abortion limitations if he is back in the White House.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet there be no illusion. If Donald Trump is elected and the MAGA Republicans in Congress put a national abortion ban on the Resolute Desk, Trump will sign it into law,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats and the Biden campaign are pushing to make abortion a main issue for the 2024 election, seeking to ride their recent electoral success in states where abortion was on the ballot. After the Arizona Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/arizona-supreme-court-upholds-1864-law-protecting-unborn-babies-from-abortion-in-nearly-all-cases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upheld<\/a> an 1864 law protecting unborn babies from abortion in nearly every case on Tuesday, the Left wasted no time slamming \u201cextreme abortion laws\u201d that are \u201cnow enforceable because Trump ended Roe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Democrats in numerous battleground states, including <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gretchenwhitmer\/status\/1777793422423650472\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Michigan<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovEvers\/status\/1702343418158989798\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin<\/a>, and now Arizona, are focusing on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-signs-memorandum-backpedaling-on-president-trumps-abortion-policies\/\" title=\"Joe Biden signs memorandum backpedaling on President Trump\u2019s abortion policies\">pro-abortion policies<\/a> to motivate voters to come out for Biden in November.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Today possibly yielded to Team Biden&#8217;s pressure during a Monday press call, following the campaign&#8217;s criticism of a &#8220;particularly egregiously false&#8221; headline on Trump&#8217;s abortion stance. Trump&#8217;s video statement earlier that day expressed his desire for states to have more autonomy on the matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":2217363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1403491931-scaled-e1712758840122.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2217362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/GettyImages-1403491931-scaled-e1712758840122.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2217362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2217362\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2217363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2217362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2217362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2217362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}