Posted on 11/02/2020 4:58:19 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Born amid made-up crowd size claims and “alternative facts,” the Trump presidency has been a factory of falsehood from the start, churning out distortions, conspiracy theories and brazen lies at an assembly-line pace that has challenged fact-checkers and defied historical analogy.
But now, President Donald Trump argues that the vote itself is inherently “rigged,” tearing at the credibility of the system. Should the contest go into extra innings through legal challenges after Tuesday, it may leave a public with little faith in the outcome - and in its own democracy.
The New York Times tabulated 131 false or misleading statements in a single rally in Janesville, Wisconsin. The Washington Post counted more than 22,000 false or misleading statements over nearly four years, including 189 on a single day in August.
When challenged, Trump simply brushes it off. After a reporter in August asked “do you regret at all, all the lying you’ve done to the American people,” the president sought to clarify the question and then once he understood it called on another reporter without replying.
Many supporters acknowledge that some of what he says is not literally true but consider him more honest than typical politicians because he seems to say what he actually thinks, rather than sticking to safe, poll-tested, milquetoast talking points. His bracing, hold-nothing-back performances strike admirers as more real and, yes, more authentic, a word that is gold to the political class.
“How can it be that someone we all know is such a liar is also seen as authentic?” asked David Greenberg, a professor at Rutgers University. “It’s because authenticity isn’t exactly the same thing as truthfulness. It’s also about a truthful presentation of yourself and what yourself is - and it may be that his authentic self is a liar.”
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Dishonesty by the media is what will be long lasting
Classic leftist projection.
They scream in pain as they strike you.
Usual and customary lying, Pinko Bullshit from newyukslimes. Unamerican pukes. 🤮
Ok, you have one of the top 10 quotes here on FR:)
131 “lies” by the President.
1,652,798 lies by the Times and counting.
The NY Slimes irrelevant and on the verge of bankruptcy!
I truly hope this newspaper folds!
We will not recover from the loss of trust in major institutions that they earned.
Idiot!!!
He’s correct- the Russia investigation, the fake impeachment,,,,
I keep hearing that but they’re still here!!
How do the Slimes rate the Hiden claim that he will be the President for all Americans?
It depends what the meaning of is is.
Dear NYT_Liars, give back you Pulitzers for the “Russia, Russia, Russia” hoax and I might be willing to listen. Otherwise, enjoy your De Blasio-Cuomo home with added ChiCom Virus garnish!
Please list the lies President Trump has told. Th my knowledge there have been zero, nada, nyet, non. The media, on the other hand, has yet to tell a truth. I believe President Trump. Hell with the newsbabes, hell with the mewscasters. Let them keep exchanging their V.D. between them.
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