The 'exhausting' work of factcheckers who track Trump's barrage of lies
From The Guardian:
Since taking office, Trump has made 7,645 ‘false or misleading claims’. In the month of October he said 1,200 things that were false or misleading, according to Fact Checker database
Donald Trump’s tumultuous presidency has presented problems for journalists the world over. But spare a thought for the people whose job it is to keep track of his lies: the Trump factcheckers.
Since taking office, the president has lied about everything from immigration figures to the number of burgers he served to the Clemson football team at the White House last week.
“It takes up a lot of our time just because he is constantly talking,” said Glenn Kessler, editor and chief writer of the Washington Post’s Fact Checker column.
Full story: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/21/donald-trump-lies-factcheckers
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They kept me half-sane during the 2015/2016 election, when America's media just couldn't grovel enough over tRump.
They kept a running database of his lies during the campaign and published a summary each week. It was very sobering, but unfortunately few Americans read it. About all that many of my fellow citizens want these days is sensationalism and entertainment....and ads for the next shiny object on sale.
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