My meeting with Donald Trump: A damaged, pathetic personality...

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15. The media DID use the word "lie" and point this out about Trump, & were blunt about it.

The Washington Post and the New York Times repeatedly called him out for lies.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/27/opinion/campaign-stops/the-lies-trump-told.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/fact-checker/wp/2016/03/22/all-of-donald-trumps-four-pinocchio-ratings-in-one-place/?utm_term=.6cc9801c6245

Hillary Clinton did on CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/22/politics/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-lies/index.html

Plenty of people on CNN noted Trump's lies during the campaign. http://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2016/10/16/trumps-dangerous-talk-about-a-stolen-election.cnn

NBC reported on the Trump lies during the campaign. http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/does-donald-trump-get-pass-telling-lies-because-he-s-n677971 (a poll shows that TRUMP polled higher than Hillary Clinton on trust and truthfulness! NBC wonders if Trump gets a pass on his lies because he's a man).

The late night show comedians had a field day with the Trump lies.

SNL got historical ratings with Baldwin playing a lying Trump.

The internet sites were on it early on. Politifact comes to mind.

ABC did an in-depth fact checking of Trump's statements at the Republican Convention, noting that almost all were either totally or partially false.

And so on. It's false to state that the media didn't clearly and repeatedly point out that Trump lied repeatedly and often. Add to that the fact that the citizens could easily see that themselves as regards certain things.

It's just that Trumpers were okay with that.