据星岛新闻集团旗下英文报纸The Standard 8月17日报道,在周六的记者会上,美国总统特朗普一句模糊的话被各新闻门户扭曲放大成了一则耸人听闻的头条——“美国正在考虑封杀阿里”。该报道称,“回看一下发布会现场就知道,这些引起轰动的标题并未传达确切的真相。(我们)必须警惕耸人听闻的新闻标题。”
这篇报道为读者还原了发布会现场和“封杀”标题出炉的细节。“特朗普被记者引导性地问及,是否考虑封杀一些其他特定的中国公司,‘比如阿里巴巴’?” (He was asked whether there were other particular Chinese companies - "such as Alibaba" - that he was considering banning.)