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senseandsensibility

(25,530 posts)
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 03:47 PM Sep 2025

This is the kind of "access" the WH Press conference will surrender their dignity for

trump is holding forth with his usual nonsense and lies. He just said that without tariffs the US would be a third world country.

Just a small example of the "enlightening" BS that this WH press corps thinks is so important. And it's so much better than Biden holding fewer press conferences because lies are better than..... what exactly? I'm having trouble following the thread here.

Yes, he spews lies better and more often than Biden. So it's all good?

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This is the kind of "access" the WH Press conference will surrender their dignity for (Original Post) senseandsensibility Sep 2025 OP
They should stop covering him. Emile Sep 2025 #1
That's one choice. senseandsensibility Sep 2025 #2

senseandsensibility

(25,530 posts)
2. That's one choice.
Tue Sep 2, 2025, 03:50 PM
Sep 2025

Or they could cover it live and then do immediate fact checking. But what they do is the worst choice of all. Cover and then do extremely limited fact checking if any.

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