‘New York Times’ Editor: ‘We Owed It to Our Readers’ to Call Trump Claims Lies
Lie is a more accurate word when it comes to birtherism.
NPR has taken a different approach and has not used the word “lie” in its coverage of Trump. In a post Mike Oreskes, NPR senior vice president for news, explains that NPR should give “citizens the information they need to make the choices that democracy asks them to make. We should not be telling you how to think. We should give you the information to decide what you think.”
Is the New York Times following that standard when it calls Trump a liar?
I think I’m using the same standard, I’m just using a different word. I think I’m using a more accurate word.
Describe Hillary Clinton’s relationship with the truth.
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I think all politicians obfuscate, exaggerate, etc. I think that’s what I would say about Hillary Clinton and most other politicians.
So she’s an ordinary politician in that way?
In terms of relationship with the truth, yeah, I think she’s an ordinary politician in that way.
Has the paper used the word “lie” in reference to Hillary Clinton much?
I don’t think Hillary Clinton, to be honest, has crossed the line the way Donald Trump did with the birther issue.
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