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CNN, MSNBC Use Graphics to Fact-Check Trump, Not Clinton

posted by n1 on Saturday August 13 2016, @08:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the she-said-he-said-he-didn't-(he-did) dept.

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

Television news has long used graphics at the bottom of their screens to identify the people and places in their stories – but with the 2016 presidential race, two networks lately have been injecting analysis into them during their news reporting.

It started in June when Donald Trump denied having said Japan should have nuclear weapons. CNN inserted this snarky line in their chyron:

TRUMP: I NEVER SAID JAPAN SHOULD HAVE NUKES (HE DID)

[...] While fact-checking may or may not be a legitimate new use of the chyron, what is noticeable is a distinct absence of chyron fact-checking for various claims made by Clinton.

For instance, Clinton recently told Fox News' Chris Wallace that FBI Director James Comey had called her answers about her private email use as secretary of state "truthful" – he did not make such a sweeping statement.

Source: FoxNews

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Phoenix666 on Saturday August 13 2016, @02:49PM

    by Phoenix666 (552) on Saturday August 13 2016, @02:49PM (#387500) Journal

    Nah, you're right. Not being prosecuted for her crimes because the current administration is shot through with her cronies makes her the epitome of integrity and honor.

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