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33. Yes! As well, TV talking heads should be given documents in advance of question particulars

Sat Sep 1, 2018, 04:47 PM

Sep 2018

that they plan to ask. With links to facts ready to go IF they get an alternative fact answer on a topic they will be discussing.

That or just an assistant with an ipad on Google sitting beside.

How many times have you pulled your hair out watching some CNN or even MSNBC pundit just sit there looking like a deer in headlights as some GOP or Trump apologist rattle off two...three...five...easily rebuffed lies in a row. Even if they say, "I don't know if that's true, but...." THAT'S NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Because the Republican guest just says "It IS true!" and carries on with a couple more lies to add on. And any viewer, especially one less politically active or aware, sees it as a she said, he said, situation where no one is proved wrong.

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Des Moines Register Runs Don Jr. Article, Fact Checks Him Mid-Column [View all] DonViejo Sep 2018 OP

Well done! shanny Sep 2018 #1

Everyone should do that in every article about them! Squinch Sep 2018 #2

Everyone should just stop publishing their racist nonsense. Lonestarblue Sep 2018 #7

Indeed! mountain grammy Sep 2018 #10

They should also do that on every news show, jrthin Sep 2018 #31

Yes! As well, TV talking heads should be given documents in advance of question particulars LiberalLovinLug Sep 2018 #33

He's a chinless nazi weasel with more hair tonic than brains. nT Mc Mike Sep 2018 #3

That is beautiful! Squinch Sep 2018 #34

Coen bros did the hair tonic brains line Mc Mike Sep 2018 #44

Hey, that's offensive to the Mustelidae family! lastlib Sep 2018 #42

Well, it WAS a bit unfair to the noble, actual weasels. Mc Mike Sep 2018 #43

Thank you for doing your Job DM Register Achilleaze Sep 2018 #4

KNR Lucinda Sep 2018 #5

The Register has always been better jayschool2013 Sep 2018 #6

It's bad enough that they ran anything by Trump, Jr. in the first place DFW Sep 2018 #8

Responsible journalism fact checks in real time randr Sep 2018 #9

What Junior forgot to mention in his "article" is that his dad pazzyanne Sep 2018 #11

Exactly! smirkymonkey Sep 2018 #12

Seriously ouija Sep 2018 #13

Kick dalton99a Sep 2018 #14

Without fear and hate Rethugs have nothing to run on. NoMoreRepugs Sep 2018 #15

Sorry Junior... Your Orange Clown Dad is not getting his stupid wall. djacq Sep 2018 #16

BWAH! That's what they'd call liberal bias, giving both sides of the story as spoken. ffr Sep 2018 #17

It feels like the media has had enough Ilsa Sep 2018 #18

We need more of this n/t dajoki Sep 2018 #19

Awesome. A great example for the media at large. The Des Moines Register should be KPN Sep 2018 #20

Cheers to the Des Moines Register Firestorm49 Sep 2018 #21

K&R Scurrilous Sep 2018 #22

Family Members Push Back on 'Racist, False Narrative' struggle4progress Sep 2018 #23

Blame misogyny for the murder of Mollie Tibbetts struggle4progress Sep 2018 #24

Listen to Tibbetts' family, not fear-mongering rhetoric struggle4progress Sep 2018 #25

Trolls exploiting murder struggle4progress Sep 2018 #26

White Supremacist Robocalls About Tibbetts' Death struggle4progress Sep 2018 #27

Parents lost a daughter. Republicans found a tragedy to exploit struggle4progress Sep 2018 #28

Good, but the real question is maxrandb Sep 2018 #29

The Boston Globe's shout-out is bearing fruit. Editors will no longer be willing to print propaganda Hekate Sep 2018 #30

Thes "editorial" sounds like it was written by Tucker Carlson GETPLANING Sep 2018 #32

I think the paper should also have inserted the public statements from Mollie's family, pnwmom Sep 2018 #35

What the Des Moines Register did is seriously needed by all new media right now. TryLogic Sep 2018 #36

Good for the Register! cp Sep 2018 #37

Could he name one person justgamma Sep 2018 #38

And these Dumpster danglers thegoose Sep 2018 #39

Des Moines Register ain't playing! I bet shart jr Cha Sep 2018 #40

The family specifically asked not to have Mollie's murder politicized. BlueStater Sep 2018 #41