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FUCK.THAT.SHIT.
Celerity
(43,542 posts)unblock
(52,331 posts)Fact-checking implies that everything else he says is truthful. The whole idea basically assumes the person you are fact-checking is telling the truth but you found one or two things wrong, possibly very wrong.
But Donnie pretty much doesn't speak other than to lie or threaten. Such people should y be given airtime if the media cared at all about the truth.
Most criminals at trial insist they are innocent victims of the process and don't like what's going on. That's not news.
nolabear
(41,991 posts)when he says something that gets on Judge Marchans last nerve. It also sounds whiney and semi coherent so thats a plus.
mucifer
(23,569 posts)starts with quoting trump's blathering and not even quoting him. They summarize what he would say in a way that makes him sound more sane. THEN they give a little snippet of what the Prosecution is saying.
AP radio news has been like this for years. It's a two minute or so segment at the top of the hour. I wish WCPT used a different source.
Johnny2X2X
(19,118 posts)His lawyers got slapped down and all day long he got to hear about his cheating on his wives.
lindysalsagal
(20,733 posts)I say let him blather. But then cut him off and fact check.
Passages
(163 posts)an interview.
Hekate
(90,829 posts)I am glad to hear that MSNBC actually cut his spew off, but it was too late for me.
bdamomma
(63,923 posts)keep on covering his lies????? He's freaking guilty.
moondust
(20,006 posts)for Breathless Trump Trial Coverage
I find it unbearable and the legal proceedings could go on for months.
emulatorloo
(44,186 posts)Poor Jon.
GenThePerservering
(1,840 posts)and I think the breathelessness will dwindle just as his support is dwindling. Trump exhaustion is real - people are getting sick and tired of him and his yappy attack dogs.
blogslug
(38,018 posts)He keeps trying to catch fire with this stuff but it's not happening. His minions aren't showing up because he's in the wrong town. New York City hated him first and they still do.
Tommy Carcetti
(43,199 posts)But the inability to do so.
Any words he says can and will be used against him in a court of law.
0rganism
(23,971 posts)Grousing about how all his troubles were caused by the "filthy Bidenses stealing my precious" kind of shit. If this gets coverage, I don't think it's going to help him, except insofar as it takes away from coverage of other news.
spanone
(135,883 posts)by a couple of journalists inside.
That fucker gets to go LIVE and say whatever he wants and 99% of it is lies.
Today he was blaming it all on Biden and no one is there to say it's not true.
NOT FAIR
0rganism
(23,971 posts)He's an ex-president on trial for felony campaign finance violations related to extramarital affairs with porn actresses. It's going to get covered and TSF babbling "Gollum! Gollum!" from the courthouse lobby is not a winning position for him.
If anything, his most egregious over-coverage occurred during the previous year, when his rallies were spotlighted and their nutty attendees normalized.
malaise
(269,185 posts)Rec
Bundbuster
(3,197 posts)They never should have showed ANY of his incoherent rants, but you seen one, you've seen 'em all.
kentuck
(111,110 posts)He won't even answer one question from them. He comes out and rants about everything and then walks away without taking even one question. Why give him any time at all? If they stopped, then FOX would start covering it. They would let him say whatever he wants.
emulatorloo
(44,186 posts)https://www.democraticunderground.com/100218888373
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