2016 Postmortem

piechartking

(617 posts) Thu Aug 4, 2016, 09:50 AM Aug 2016

Nice little bit of fact-checking in real-time on MSNBC

Regarding Trump's claim he saw "top secret" Iran money-transfer video.

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Nice little bit of fact-checking in real-time on MSNBC (Original Post) piechartking Aug 2016 OP

Thanks! They can and should do this routinely where info Hortensis Aug 2016 #1

how many staffers would they need to hire if they fact checked trump's myriad lies? Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #4

Lol. Hortensis Aug 2016 #5

Fox News ran the video oberliner Aug 2016 #2

where's the outrage? Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #3

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

1. Thanks! They can and should do this routinely where info

Reply to piechartking (Original post)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 09:58 AM

Aug 2016

is readily available. I noticed a factcheck of a Hillary statement the other day, about 1% taking 90% etc, 90% true once but not the past few years.

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

4. how many staffers would they need to hire if they fact checked trump's myriad lies?

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:32 AM

Aug 2016

no way they could possibly keep up

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)

5. Lol.

Reply to Gabi Hayes (Reply #4)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:37 AM

Aug 2016

They should try. Skip the "I love babies" ones and move directly to things like this.

oberliner

(58,724 posts)

2. Fox News ran the video

Reply to piechartking (Original post)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:25 AM

Aug 2016

It's on their website right now.

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)

3. where's the outrage?

Reply to piechartking (Original post)

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 10:30 AM

Aug 2016

haven't seen it covered since. missed it the first time

no mention of it on CNN; they're running the ransom story 2x per hour

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