Perspective | Fact-checking President Trump isn’t enough

By Margaret Sullivan Margaret Sullivan Media columnist Email Bio Follow Media columnist May 1 at 6:00 AM It’s a tsunami of lies.

“As the election approaches and the number of rallies, debates and opportunities to discuss policy is magnified, we are expecting all-time highs in the number of false statements from President Trump,” said odds consultant John Lester of BookMaker.eu After Trump gave his first address from the Oval Office last January, the site had to pay out nearly $300,000 to people who had bet that he would tell more than 3½ lies during his televised talk.

But it does matter. Lies — especially repetitive lies — are a crucial part of how propaganda works. Truth is a basic part of a functioning democracy.So, to do their jobs, the news media can’t engage in business as usual.But they also have to bring some new tools and techniques — and maybe a new attitude — to the project.

“I think our job as journalists is to call things what they are. And so if someone commits 100 crimes, you don’t say, ‘We’re gonna call the first two ‘crimes’ and the second one’ — I don’t know what the softer word would be — ‘non-legal behavior.’ ” But when appropriate, say so, as a Post editorial did recently with this headline on Trump’s border separation policy: “Lie No. 10,000 is really a whopper.”

Yawn - more dribble

Follow every movement, lie about him 24/7. You act like teenage girls stalking a dude

Fact checking by WP is like calling a turtle a snake

Because when the facts don't align with your editor's opinions they are not enough, so you just make shit up. Retract much?

Did you fact check Hillary, I did. . Did Hillary Clinton commit Treason. . Treason- very likely true.

Trumplodytes missed the point.. Proving FACTS and proving Trumps lies will not help the weak minded uneducated Trump fan. Their MO and foundation is hate and discrimination, much like the Jihadist with corrupt ideologies...

10,000 and counting.

Fake news roils in its impotence and irrelevance.

With respect why don't one of the major publishers print the list of Donald trump untruths in a supplement available world wide and have best selling. It would be a good read 📖 and let the world know what the real facts are. Rob UK 🇬🇧

Nice perspective, here's reality: You lie far more than Trump does, and nobody believes you!

Onstructive harassment

Would you accept this behavior from a spouse or child?

the bottom line is a sense of exceptionalism that propaganda could never be a problem in the US as it is in other countries. That would be a sign of weakness that happens in other countries.This numbness is extraordinarily dangerous.

Sounds like AOC's who cares if your wrong if you feel morally right argument. LOL

Lies.......OR.......CODES ? Maybe MSM just doesn’t have the code words .....therefore..... Seems like lies to YOU..... WE THE PEOPLE ......know

Can’t eye roll hard enough

he took the posse and the WHOLE DAMN CREW 2 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE 🎙🇺🇸🌩😕🙃😵

Be careful Americans. The new president of Brazil is a kind of virus. Help us fight this infection, please ...

Would also help to not view his lies as “jokes”, or to normalize them. This is especially true with dangerous ones like the “aborting” of babies after they are born are repeated.

Trump shows off his book of lies (so far):

Fact check the results. Fact check promises made. Fact check trade efforts. Fact check efforts made for word peace. Fact check your oun Fake News.

An orange jumpsuit and some ankle irons would do the trick.

Impeachment is the only recourse for this criminal buffoon.

How about u run a fact check on yourself just one time

I would trust Peewee Herman over Trump and GOP any day. I'll take a masturbator over a bullshitter every day.

Yeah....We know how the fake news does fact checking . .... 'Trump said there were good people on both sides in charlottesville = False - There were horrible people who wanted to protect racist statues and there were good virtuous people in all black attacking them'.

Exactly, you should fact check yourself !

MAGA... It's happening!!!

Because no one cares about your BS fact checking

Impeach the bastard

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