I'm more interested in journalists clearly labeling Trump's lies as strategic: "As Rudy has admitted, they plan to brand totally normal investigative techniques as spygate to achieve a political end," ...than to name individual lies as such on Twitter.
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Maybe I'm reading into your comments something which isn't there, but are you really suggesting that
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Not sure I understand why in journalism state of mind for purposes of lying is seen as difficult to prove. Law does it everyday: has person x lied in the past? Yes. Has person x done it repeatedly? Then person x is presumed at best to have no credibility or at worst a liar.
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Judges establish this after a lengthy adversarial process governed by rules (eg. guilt beyond a reasonable doubt). I think this is a clear eg. of a shibboleth -- like minds signaling that they're on the same side. And here I think it works against your purpose, actually, because
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this just feeds the pro-Trump narrative that the media makes all sorts of subjective leaps in their reporting. Appreciate how everyone is frustrated, and people go after the targets they can, but the distinction between "lie" and "falsehood" is trivial.
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If you're repeating Trump, you're helping him.
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What Reactions to Michelle Wolf’s Comedy Routine at the WHCD Tell Us about Most of Our Media Being Complicit with Trump and the GOPhttps://medium.com/@upine/why-there-are-such-big-reactions-to-michelle-wolfs-comedy-routine-at-the-white-house-da4392fc89fa …
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That's really the essence of my frustration with MSM. My complaints are embedded at the margin, where tone and language of reporting are secondary to the actual reporting. I suspect, though, that journalists sometimes hear such criticism as outright condemnation.
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“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” - Hitler
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Liars and their lies are central to all of Trump's activities and have been for many years, but only a few in the media have called lies what they are - LIES. Euphemisms for LIES only muddy the waters. What are they afraid of?
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I like CNN’s lie-o-Meyer. It shows the degree of the lie and goes from soft colour to dark red. There’s a bit of humour in it but it certainly adds a dimension to any piece on trump. Now let’s see if they use it. I love that they’re responding to our outrage! Good on us!
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Silence irrelevant Trump. Cover the actions of his cabinet and appointees. Give individual honest Congressional members reporting that will help people want to vote.
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Trump isn't even facing obstruction. Nothing has been obstructed, even a little bit by his words or actions. If anything, Trump's tweets help the investigations gain steam. You sound ridiculous
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"It's also be nice".....drunk?
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Much of what we perceive & are exposed to online is 'spin' ~ subjective preferences and prejudices, different versions of the same memes or narratives, often slanted by psychic motives & subconscious agendas. ~
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Damn straight
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Are you joking? Where are they at ALL on Obama, Brennan, Clapper, Comey, Lynch, McCabe, Yates, Strozk and Page? Where are the tough questions? We now know Obama and Rice authorized spying on the Trump campaign!
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PRATTS.....
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