Cenk Uygur
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Will The Media Ever Say Trump Is Lying?
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January 8, 2017
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6:27Now PlayingGerard Baker, EditorinChief of The Wall Street Journal, say that the media should never say if Trump is lying or not. Ana Kasparian and John Iadarola hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“WASHINGTON ― Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker said his newspaper would not refer to false statements from the Trump administration as “lies,” because doing so would ascribe a “moral intent” to the statements.
Baker appeared on NBC’s “Meet The Press” Sunday, where he described some of President-elect Donald Trump’s falsehoods as “questionable” and “challengeable.” But, he said, “I’d be careful about using the word ‘lie.’ ‘Lie’ implies much more than just saying something that’s false. It implies a deliberate intent to mislead.”
He said reporters should state the facts, but leave classifying them to readers, citing the example of Trump’s claim that thousands of Muslims in New Jersey were celebrating on 9/11 (which is false).”
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