HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agoFACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made at inaugural eventsapnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up160cross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlkeeptrack@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.social
arrow-up160external-linkFACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims Trump made at inaugural eventsapnews.comHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: worldnews@lemmy.mlkeeptrack@lemmy.worldusa@midwest.social
minus-squaregarretble@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·17 hours agoLook, I know it’s a legal thing that they don’t want to print the word “lie,” but it’s just so tiring to not see the news call a spade a spade.
minus-squarefutatorius@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·15 hours agoIt is not a legal thing at all. It’s a house style thing. Many publications say it and are not sued. The reason not to say it is to maintain false neutrality.
Look, I know it’s a legal thing that they don’t want to print the word “lie,” but it’s just so tiring to not see the news call a spade a spade.
It is not a legal thing at all. It’s a house style thing. Many publications say it and are not sued. The reason not to say it is to maintain false neutrality.