Donald Trump is the president of the United States and the commander-in-chief of our armed forces. His words and his actions have consequences. Your choice not to use plain, frank language when referring to his deceptive lies is striking.
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“Outright lies.” Why do the NYT and other media outlets insistently use soft, harmless-sounding terms like “falsehoods” to excuse the inexcusable?
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I thought I heard some sort of moral intention mumbo jumbo, reason why news media don't use the word lie. Trump is a liar. Should put it in bold letters, on a front page of every newspaper, every day, until he's gone. People, organizations, who are complicit should be called out
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Yes, I’ve heard and read debates about “falsehood,” which carries ambiguity about known intention to deceive, and “lie,” which suggests the person who lied intended to deceive. At this point, I feel it is necessary to use the plainest, clearest, most resonant language possible.
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Donald Trump lies so regularly that one could argue A) he has to be conscious he is lying in order to do so so methodically or B) he is pathologically deceptive to the extent he can’t discern facts from fiction. That sort of psychoanalysis is beyond most of us.
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The point to me is that, regardless of whether he is Machiavellian or clinically demented, he habitually, methodically tells lies that plainly contradict even his own words on a daily basis. Any outlet reporting this should by now report with as plain language as possible.
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We know innately to be vigilant around a habitual liar, and not to trust his words. That is our reality with Trump. We don’t react with vigilance to an elected official who “told a falsehood.” That sounds like a low-stakes mistake, not something of consequence.
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They are called LIES , not falsehoods.
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Let me save you some time. Every time he opens his mouth or lifts his little Twitter finger to type something, he’s lying.
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Okay say it with me New York Times: Trump lies.
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Here’s a suggestion,
@nytimes . Put the thesaurus away and use the word that fits best. LIES. Just use it for every time you report that trump speaks. Then you will be reporting the truth to us. We Americans will respect you more for giving us facts not words that sound better.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Not ‘falsehoods’ - they are LIES. Goddamnit, stop not calling them what they are. Sick of this shit.
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Say the word ‘LIES’. Not ‘outright falsehoods’...
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My sentiment exactly! MSM has inexplicably become El Douche's b*tch. They have a duty to report and call out his lies or they are complicit enablers.
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Why can't you say "lies"? Why?
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