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162 lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact checks former President Trump [View all]
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-5070566/trump-news-conference162 lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact checks former President Trump
AUGUST 11, 2024 7:00 AM ET
Domenico Montanaro
[...]
Politicians spin. They fib. They misspeak. They make honest mistakes like the rest of us. And, yes, they even sometimes exaggerate their biographies.
The expectation, though, is that they will treat the truth as something important and correct any errors.
But what former President Trump did this past Thursday went well beyond the bounds of what most politicians would do.
Here’s what we found, going chronologically from the beginning of Trump’s remarks to the end:
[list of 162 failed fact checks]
[...]
AUGUST 11, 2024 7:00 AM ET
Domenico Montanaro
[...]
Politicians spin. They fib. They misspeak. They make honest mistakes like the rest of us. And, yes, they even sometimes exaggerate their biographies.
The expectation, though, is that they will treat the truth as something important and correct any errors.
But what former President Trump did this past Thursday went well beyond the bounds of what most politicians would do.
Here’s what we found, going chronologically from the beginning of Trump’s remarks to the end:
[list of 162 failed fact checks]
[...]
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