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# About that 1998 Trump interview…
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2016/11/trump-people-interview-fake/
- Published: 2016-11-09T23:18:22.000Z
- Updated: 2018-11-12T18:53:40.000Z
- Description: We're all prone to confirmation bias. Even me.
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: donald trump, fake news, Politics, social media verification, confirmation bias

You know this quote from Trump’s *People* magazine interview in 1998 that’s been doing the rounds? This one:

![Donald trump quote in people magazine circa 1998](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2016/11/donald-trump-quote-in-people-magazine-circa-1998.jpg?resize=398%2C400&ssl=1 "donald-trump-quote-in-people-magazine-circa-1998.jpg")

[Fake](http://www.dailydot.com/layer8/trump-fake-people-quote/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

Confirmation bias can catch you out, whatever side of the political spectrum you sit.

And yes, busted. I fell for this one hook, line and sinker, and my Interactive Journalism students caught me out. Good work, them.