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Related: About this forumFour Pinocchios Trump’s bizarre claim that the Clinton email controversy is "bigger than Watergate"
The vile idiot keeps racking up the Pinnochios!
Four Pinocchio's-> Fact-checking Trumps bizarre claim that the Clinton email controversy is "bigger than Watergate
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/10/30/trumps-bizarre-claim-that-the-clinton-email-controversy-is-bigger-than-watergate/?tid=sm_tw
Gothmog
(145,184 posts)MadBadger
(24,089 posts)So hard to give him 4 pinocchio's for something subjective like this
Koinos
(2,792 posts)A lie is a statement that contradicts what one believes to be true, even if one's beliefs are erroneous or opposed to facts.
If you say something you believe to be true, but which is objectively false (opposed to reality), you are not lying. You are simply mistaken, ignorant, or uninformed.
You can intentionally lie, but say something that happens to be true.
You can intentionally tell the truth, but say something that is factually wrong.