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The mainstream media's reluctance of not distinguishing what's "true" from what's right is a major problem. They repeat what Trump says without context or criticism and so render what he says as the "truth". After all, just being stenographers is simple and easy and allows them to portray themselves as stating factually what he says.

But none of what Trump is doing is right - morally, ethically, or patriotically. His words alone are stoking chaos and destruction of the Republic. I don't watch television but from what I can tell, a growing number of mainstream media figures are becoming more aggressive in calling out Trump and crew's lies in real time. That's a good start. But until the media in the aggregate gets brutally honest in explicitly stating that Trump and his sycophants are criminals and traitors, our democracy and many lives are in peril.

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Sep 3, 2020Liked by John Stoehr

This is true: "When the president yells, “VOTER FRAUD,” it should be reported immediately as bullshit, in so many words." IMHO tr$mp is a pathological narcissist and a socio/psychopath as well as a criminal and man without ethics, morals, or anything that is helpful to other people. My practice when I read or listen to what he says is to simply turn it around and say the opposite of what he says. The opposite of what this unfortunate person says is always what i actually true. I know that might seem fanatical but it works for me.

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