Even Fox News is choosing not to cover Trump's rallies in full, but his falsehoods are still eye-pop

[Demovictory9]

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/media/donald-trump-pennsylvania-reliable-sources/index.html



Trump was so long-winded at his Thursday evening rally that even Fox News cut away after 40+ minutes. He's "probably pretty close to wrapping things up there," Martha MacCallum said, seemingly justifying Fox's choice to stop live coverage. But Trump kept talking for another 50 minutes, and numerous commenters on Twitter and Facebook lodged complaints about Fox cutting away.
The rally was still shown live on C-SPAN, One America News and numerous websites. But this is a marked change from 2016, when TV networks hung on every word. Now there's a recognition that his commentary is usually repetitive, rhetorically extreme, and unglued from reality.


However: The lies still make a sound, I believe, because they are heard by Trump's base and amplified across social media. So the fact-checks are still essential. As Aaron Rupar noted, Trump spent about 10 minutes [ranting] about coverage of his unplanned November 2019 Walter Reed trip..."

More news and nonsense from the rally
-- Trump said Covid-19 "hospitalizations and deaths have declined radically over the past week," which is not only not true, it also draws attention to the federal government's failures to contain the virus...
-- He also misstated the current death toll. "We're at 175,000," he said, when the CDC says total US deaths have surpassed 185,000...

[pansypoo53219]

1. too hitleresque for bullshit mountain?

[malaise]

2. Now there's a recognition that his commentary is usually repetitive, rhetorically extreme,

and unglued from reality.

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We've been talking about this ground hog day festival of lies shitshow for nearly four years