Journalistic
“objectivity” shouldn’t be a rationale for indifference to the truth.
Lots
of media reports and pundits are talking about Trump’s recent economic speech and
all of his talking points that just aren’t true.
Here’s
my summary: it was full of lies, and we all know it.
Why
are we hearing endless news reports and commentary about Trump’s “policies” and
his “campaign reset” and his “tax programs” and his promises to “renegotiate
the trade deals”?
Why
aren’t we hearing, instead, endless reminders that Trump’s speech was a mess of
deception and a pack of lies?
I’m
waiting for Joe Scarborough or somebody to say “Trump lied left and right
during his big economic speech, and that’s all I need to say about it.”
Before
the speech in Detroit, Nicholas Kristof wrote in a Sunday New York Times column
that “Trump is a world champion who is pathological in his dishonesty.”
More
from Kristof:
“In
March, Politico chronicled a week of Trump remarks and found on average one
misstatement every five minutes. The Huffington Post once chronicled 71
inaccuracies in an hourlong town hall session—more than one a minute.”
Really,
no reasonable person can trust anything Trump says. Let’s start mentioning that
all the time.
More
links to reports on Trump’s “fact-challenged assertions”:
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