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likesmountains 52

(4,098 posts) Wed Jun 20, 2018, 08:47 PM Jun 2018

Tonight, NPR's David Folkenflik pretty much called Trump a liar

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/20/621876079/when-the-white-house-cant-be-believed

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Tonight, NPR's David Folkenflik pretty much called Trump a liar (Original Post) likesmountains 52 Jun 2018 OP

If the Nice Polite Republicans turn on Trump, he's got trouble. TomSlick Jun 2018 #1

Excellent commentary by Mr. Folkenflik oswaldactedalone Jun 2018 #2

I agree..he laid it all out there.. likesmountains 52 Jun 2018 #3

Well, he IS a liar. This shouldn't be news. nt LAS14 Jun 2018 #4

We know that, but he is rarely called that on the news.. likesmountains 52 Jun 2018 #5

Much more this week MFM008 Jun 2018 #6

He Didn't Pretty Much Call Him A Liar.... Laxman Jun 2018 #7

Yes, it was pretty amazing likesmountains 52 Jun 2018 #8

TomSlick

(11,107 posts)

1. If the Nice Polite Republicans turn on Trump, he's got trouble.

Reply to likesmountains 52 (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:01 PM

Jun 2018

oswaldactedalone

(3,491 posts)

2. Excellent commentary by Mr. Folkenflik

Reply to likesmountains 52 (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:27 PM

Jun 2018

I’d say he called him a liar. When will the MSM shout this truth far and wide. The need for it is unprecedented but they have to do their jobs and speak truth to power.

likesmountains 52

(4,098 posts)

3. I agree..he laid it all out there..

Reply to oswaldactedalone (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:32 PM

Jun 2018

LAS14

(13,783 posts)

4. Well, he IS a liar. This shouldn't be news. nt

Reply to likesmountains 52 (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:34 PM

Jun 2018

likesmountains 52

(4,098 posts)

5. We know that, but he is rarely called that on the news..

Reply to LAS14 (Reply #4)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 09:39 PM

Jun 2018

Euphemisms like 'exaggerated" are generally used.

MFM008

(19,818 posts)

6. Much more this week

Reply to likesmountains 52 (Reply #5)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 10:15 PM

Jun 2018

Than ive ever heard.

Laxman

(2,419 posts)

7. He Didn't Pretty Much Call Him A Liar....

Reply to likesmountains 52 (Original post)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:00 PM

Jun 2018

He out and out called him a liar. I was riding in the car with my son listening to it and I told him I had been listening to NPR for almost 40 years and I never heard one of their reporters go after somebody like that.

It's OK, apparently, to deceive the public as long as it's through the nation's leading newspaper.

That's what you might well call a double deception — a lie about a lie.

I sure would call it that.

But what you call it almost doesn't matter.

More important is that the media and the public register a fundamental fact: Top people speaking for the United States aren't telling us the truth — starting with the president.

https://www.npr.org/2018/06/20/621876079/when-the-white-house-cant-be-believed

likesmountains 52

(4,098 posts)

8. Yes, it was pretty amazing

Reply to Laxman (Reply #7)

Wed Jun 20, 2018, 11:12 PM

Jun 2018

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