The Washington Post has an ongoing list of “false or misleading claims made by President Trump since assuming office.” The list has reached a staggering 3,001 as of April 30, 2018.
Accountability among elected officials is incredibly important, so such a catalogue isn’t a bad idea in theory. However, looking at the list, one quickly discovers that “false or misleading” is a metric with which the fact checkers at The Washington Post play fast and loose. Moreover, if the same claim is repeated by the president multiple times, each time is counted as a separate “false or misleading” statement, essentially inflating the count.
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