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Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
Nervous Trump tells Fox he doesnt want debate moderators to fact check
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By Peter Daou | September 22, 2016
Appearing on Fox & Friends four days before the much-anticipated first presidential debate, Donald Trump gave himself away, telling the hosts that he didn't think moderators should fact check the candidates. Trump has built a campaign on lies and desperately hopes he won't be confronted with the truth as the entire world watches.
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The New York Times profiles Shareblue today and says this:
[Shareblue is] already warming up for the biggest event of the general election so far: the first debate, on Monday night. It has already published a piece calling on moderators to fact-check Mr. Trump on the spot, and will continue through debate night, whipping up support online with the hashtag #DemandFairDebates.
We launched #DemandFairDebates for a simple reason: By objective measures and according to independent studies, national media coverage of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump has been substantially lopsided in his favor.
As weve argued in recent days, Matt Lauers moderation of NBCs Commander-in-Chief forum was widely pannedand deservedly sobut Lauers fault was not that he did something unusual. To the contrary, Lauers performance was a one hour microcosm of a years worth of media coverage.
It included the three core elements of what has been a relentless double standard: Antagonism and scorn for Clinton, an unhealthy obsession with her emails, and sheepish acquiescence to Trumps lies.......................
HipChick
(25,485 posts)Arkansas Granny
(31,505 posts)be expecting real answers to real questions. Bluster and bullshit won't cut it and that's all Trump has. He's out of his league and he knows it.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Grown (not, and that's part of his personality problem) man is scared to death of accountability and truth. Coward, indeed. Weak.
As we used to say...the jig is up, pal.
Time to pay the piper.
Clichés R Us
Blah blah blah
Maven
(10,533 posts)Makes it easier for them to claim he put in a "better than expected" performance. That way they can keep the horse race narrative going a little longer.
Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)Gabi Hayes
(28,795 posts)on which kellyanne is caught saying trump "actually built a lot of his businesses on the backs of the little guy.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)anamandujano
(7,004 posts)they can make ads starting with this footage and then correct his lies.
If the moderator is going to be unfair, we know he'll be unfair to Hillary. That goes for the other moderators as well.
Stellar
(5,644 posts)Hillary Clinton Urges Debate Moderators To Fact Check Donald Trump
By Jason Easley on Wed, Sep 21st, 2016 at 6:46 pm
Hillary Clinton is making it clear that expects the moderators to respect facts, and that she would like them to fact check Donald Trump.
anamandujano
(7,004 posts)I won't be holding my breath or getting an upset stomach. She will have to clean up the mess since they almost never do.
annabanana
(52,791 posts)I have NO experience, It would likely KILL me...
helpisontheway
(5,004 posts)czarjak
(11,245 posts)Duh.
TeamPooka
(24,201 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,818 posts)Donald Trump Could Tell people HE OWNS THE MOON, and produce a CRACKER JACK prize that says, he does, that he had printed, and his FOLLOWERS would totally believe him. They don't care if he lies, They just want the hate fest to go on so they can feel superior.
retrowire
(10,345 posts)I'm more than certain most of them believe that the lies are necessary, whatever it takes to get into the White House and THEN he'll actually turn around and save the world!
klook
(12,151 posts)Chee-YI-nah!
Thanks for your post - you've very well summed up the Drumpfplorables' attitude.
world wide wally
(21,734 posts)Trump. Then afterwards they would say they were vigilant in fact checking.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)His giant ass is already covered in bite-marks from The Truth.
TheBlackAdder
(28,160 posts)AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)Shameless! You'd think he would keep that privately in his prayers.
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Buckeye_Democrat
(14,852 posts)He would get very angry when they would contradict him with facts.
On top of everything else that's seriously wrong with him, that's the main reason that he should never come close to becoming POTUS! I can imagine him holding onto a weird idea about national security, ignoring his advisors, and making the nuclear missiles fly!
klook
(12,151 posts)elmac
(4,642 posts)and their advertising it like a WWF event, very sickening.
tclambert
(11,084 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)demosincebirth
(12,529 posts)SCVDem
(5,103 posts)Mark Cuban will be fact checking, even if he doesn't speak up.
He may snicker at the bullshit.