“That reporters are not willing to deal appropriately with regular lies and liars is not a new thing, but I do think what is new with the Trump administration is that they lie about everything. There is no interest in in attempting to lie plausibly, or even to stick to the truth when that would serve them just as well. […]
You can’t report on this administration by fronting the lies and having the rebuttal 3 paragraphs – or 3 days – later. That they lie constantly has to frame all coverage of them. Nothing is the truth.”
Duncan Black, writing for Eschaton
70 point “Yep” in the print edition of Lemkin. Media doing their job won’t fix our Current Situation, but they can help by being, oh, 97% less credulous of the daily spew. Especially when they know it’s a bald faced lie. Push back. Early and often.
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