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CousinIT

(9,247 posts)
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 04:10 PM Jul 2018

Study says trump is becoming increasingly more dishonest...

https://www.thestar.com/news/world/analysis/2018/07/14/trump-has-said-1340330-words-as-president-theyre-getting-more-dishonest-a-star-study-shows.html

WASHINGTON—U.S. President Donald Trump’s words are getting more dishonest over time, the Star has found in the first detailed statistical analysis of his inaccurate statements in office.

The analysis relies on some subjective judgments, which we’ll explain in detail below. But it provides the most comprehensive picture yet available of what historians say is an unprecedented avalanche of serial lying.

We’ve tried to quantify the issue. Since Trump’s inauguration speech on Jan. 20, 2017, we’ve fact-checked every word Trump has spoken or tweeted since his inauguration speech on Jan. 20, 2017. Up until July 1, 2018, the end date for the analysis, we had counted 1,929 false claims.

Readers wanted more than just this raw number. They asked us, for example, to explain why the number of false claims per week has increased since early 2017. The key question: is Trump just talking more, or are his words denser with dishonesty than they used to be?

Thanks to never-before-released data, we can now offer an answer: it’s a bit of both, but there’s no doubt he’s getting worse per word spoken
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Study says trump is becoming increasingly more dishonest... (Original Post) CousinIT Jul 2018 OP
is that even possible??? Tripper11 Jul 2018 #1
Apparently he slept through March 12th. dameatball Jul 2018 #2
LOL! I had the same thought. That or... Pacifist Patriot Jul 2018 #9
Wondered about that catrose Jul 2018 #14
JFC. MontanaMama Jul 2018 #3
My paternal grandma used to tell us that one lie makes many malaise Jul 2018 #10
I want to see him frogmarched out of the White House (like that old photoshop madinmaryland Jul 2018 #11
You and a few billions around the planet malaise Jul 2018 #12
Your Grandmother was a wise woman. n/the MontanaMama Jul 2018 #15
Be Best dalton99a Jul 2018 #4
He's running out of people who will lie for him! yallerdawg Jul 2018 #5
Uh...yeah....we noticed. every day. dixiegrrrrl Jul 2018 #6
He is scared! GOOD! BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #22
He feels he can get away with anything robbedvoter Jul 2018 #7
The more frightening figure is Alwaysna Jul 2018 #8
If the y axis was %, it would be a flatline, at 100%. Mc Mike Jul 2018 #13
Yeah, when I read the headline, I wondered how a person can top 100%. Garrett78 Jul 2018 #16
One of those 'you are getting sleepy' type of things. Mc Mike Jul 2018 #23
So, vhat else is news, Bubby??? LongTomH Jul 2018 #17
The Orange Buffoon Recently Claimed (at NATO) That He Had More Than .... DoctorJoJo Jul 2018 #18
Lawrence O'Donnell had a good laugh BigmanPigman Jul 2018 #21
I've got pre obtained footage of his next press conference: Initech Jul 2018 #19
How can one be more dishonest starting from completely dishonest? NRaleighLiberal Jul 2018 #20
Don't need a study lame54 Jul 2018 #24

malaise

(269,048 posts)
10. My paternal grandma used to tell us that one lie makes many
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 04:48 PM
Jul 2018

So it's logical that this will only get worse until they look him up or take him out in a straitjacket. These days he doesn't even remember all his lies.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
6. Uh...yeah....we noticed. every day.
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 04:23 PM
Jul 2018

The recent spikes are interesting in that they indicate a new level of his agitation.

Good to see Mueller is having an increased affect.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
13. If the y axis was %, it would be a flatline, at 100%.
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 05:02 PM
Jul 2018

Unless he's able to perform at the 'giving it 110%' level.

Garrett78

(10,721 posts)
16. Yeah, when I read the headline, I wondered how a person can top 100%.
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 05:55 PM
Jul 2018

The man lies every time he opens his mouth. As do people who work for him, such as Kellyanne Gish Gallop Conway.

One of the MSNBC programs I was watching yesterday mentioned what most of us recognize, which is that the constant lying is by design. They throw so much bullshit out there that you get lost in it. Nobody has the time or the inclination to address more than a fraction of it, and even if you try to, that's less time for you to put out your own message.

As a recently posted article stated, Trump and this administration is more competent than we'd like to believe. They know what they're doing (even the lack of a reunification plan following the family separation policy was intentional). They're just evil.

Mc Mike

(9,114 posts)
23. One of those 'you are getting sleepy' type of things.
Sun Jul 15, 2018, 01:19 PM
Jul 2018

Instead of 'lie early, lie often', it's 'lie early, lie always, lie oftener'.

Increased frequency of lies is an important observation. By definition, you can't give more than 100%, it's impossible. But that lazy fatass is giving it the old college try.

 

DoctorJoJo

(1,134 posts)
18. The Orange Buffoon Recently Claimed (at NATO) That He Had More Than ....
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 06:38 PM
Jul 2018

... doubled, close to tripled, our GNP in his 1.5 years in office. Just ponder how profoundly ignorant that statement is! Yet I have not seen him confronted with this gem. If the economy went up at a 4% rate continuously (never happened) for 10 straight years, our GNP would be up less than 50%. This fool could not pass a citizenship test! He does not know GNP from GPS!

BigmanPigman

(51,608 posts)
21. Lawrence O'Donnell had a good laugh
Sat Jul 14, 2018, 06:59 PM
Jul 2018

when reviewing his math skills combined with a system he is 100% ignorant about. The pathetic part is that he intends to remain ignorant with 99.9% of the issues that he should at least be a little familiar with. But he doesn't care and doesn't want to learn how to do his job since he is smarter, richer, more attractive, etc than everyone else on the planet.

I must say though, after The Sun printed the interview in England ahead of his meeting with May, he realized he fucked up and had to walk it back (which he NEVER does) then in the next sentence he said that the article was all recorded and it was FAKE NEWS of course. Yeah, sure...fake news again. I am sure the 250,000 English protesters really believed that BS!

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