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shraby

(21,946 posts)
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 06:19 PM Jan 2019

I have a solution to trump's speech tomorrow night.

Put it on timed delay that gives the media to fact check what he says, then if they find a lie, bleep it out as if it were expletives.

Which technically it would be an expletive because that's what a lie in that context is.

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I have a solution to trump's speech tomorrow night. (Original Post) shraby Jan 2019 OP
Not a bad idea. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2019 #1
Really? jmowreader Jan 2019 #2
Technology, such as it is, the speech could almost be real time Brother Buzz Jan 2019 #3

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
1. Not a bad idea.
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 06:32 PM
Jan 2019

almost wish they could do that.

But...have you noticed.....print media is doing more fact checking, including the WaPo's now infamous Pinnochio scorecard.

jmowreader

(50,451 posts)
2. Really?
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 07:04 PM
Jan 2019

Do you know how many people are going to be driven to the point of insanity by listening to 30 minutes of uninterrupted bleeping? Not even Dick Cheney is that cruel.

Better idea: After the speech is over, just throw up a card on the screen:

Number of Major Lies: xx
Number of Minor Lies: xx
Number of Moderate Prevarications: xx
Number of Slight Twistings of the Truth: xx

Please note that "number of factual statements" is not there because there won't be any. Trump lies so badly, if he walked up to you and said "I'm Donald Trump" demand three forms of ID and written statements from at least five people who know him before you accept it as fact.

Brother Buzz

(36,214 posts)
3. Technology, such as it is, the speech could almost be real time
Mon Jan 7, 2019, 07:10 PM
Jan 2019

I could visualize "bouncing ball" captions highlighting the lies, one after the other, after the other.

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