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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
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 13 2016, @08:41AM
Everybody already knows Hillary is a liar and that she lies about everything all the time, but Trump supporters continue painting him as the Racist Messiah, saying they like him because he always says what he means (except when he doesn't, like when he said that somebody should shoot his opponent) and are generally impervious to things like facts and logic, so it needs to be emphasized and reiterated over and over again that yes, Trump lies, all the time [politifact.com], until we finally reach the point where everyone accepts that he is a pathological liar like we have with Hillary.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 13 2016, @02:29PM
The difference between the two is that Hillary is an ordinary liar like a lot of people, who lie to cover their butts.
Trump lies as a sport, because he learned as a young adult that most people will generally take you at your word when you say things like you provide child care for your employees. Especially when you go through the trouble of describing details of the program (which turned out to be false).
He uses that to his advantage, that's part of his "edge" in business negotiations as he likes to put it. He enjoys putting one over people. In other words, he's a pathological liar.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Saturday August 13 2016, @02:41PM
The fact checkers say you're full of shit, Mr. Trump. Hillary lies as much as any politician, while over half of everything Trump says is proven wrong.
Such blind, tiny minds... it's sad.
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