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I have been disgusted by the weasely framing of Trump's claims against Biden.
They should be called LIES, not questions or unsubstantiated accusations, as though more, more damning, evidence will eventually be forthcoming.
Finally, Michelle Goldberg says so in the NYTimes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/opinion/trump-ukraine-republican.html?action=click&module=MoreInSection&pgtype=Article®ion=Footer&contentCollection=Opinion
Trump’s Claims About Biden Aren’t ‘Unsupported.’ They’re Lies.
The president’s accusations turn reality on its head and the media should say so.
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Journalists, perhaps seeking to appear balanced, have sometimes described Trump’s claims about Biden as “unsubstantiated” or “unsupported.” That is misleading, because it suggests more muddiness in the factual record than actually exists. Trump isn’t making unproven charges against Biden. He is blatantly lying about him. He and his defenders are spreading a conspiracy theory that is the precise opposite of the truth.
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The president’s accusations turn reality on its head and the media should say so.
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Journalists, perhaps seeking to appear balanced, have sometimes described Trump’s claims about Biden as “unsubstantiated” or “unsupported.” That is misleading, because it suggests more muddiness in the factual record than actually exists. Trump isn’t making unproven charges against Biden. He is blatantly lying about him. He and his defenders are spreading a conspiracy theory that is the precise opposite of the truth.
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outraged by the treatment of He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named in the slavish media who seek to "normalize" behavior that is clearly and grossly aberrant, when it is literally criminal.
Thanks for posting! 
