“A New Yorker article … not a conservative publication, they describe how these kids, these kids are being coached. They’re given scripts to read by liberals, according to the New Yorker. Don’t fall for the actor children.”

Updated: “A New Yorker article … not a conservative publication, they describe how these kids, these kids are being coached. They’re given scripts to read by liberals, according to the New Yorker. Don’t fall for the actor children.”

That's a quote from Anne Coulter, as propagated on Twitter by Breitbart and "liked" by Donald Trump Jr.

I probably shouldn't have to mention this because it seems obvious, but there is no such New Yorker article. Coulter's claim is a complete fabrication.

The right-wing counter to this (even expressed by one of my commenters) is that she meant to say NY Times.

Once again I probably shouldn't have to mention this because it seems obvious, but there is no such New York Times article either.

The NY Times article she supposedly cited (subscription required to view this page) simply says, "officials said" that. In other words, it does not say that the kids are being coached. It says that the government CLAIMS that, and the rest of the article points out that the government's claims and justifications of this policy are false!