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rzemanfl

(29,565 posts) Sat Jan 26, 2019, 10:33 AM Jan 2019

Is anyone aware of any fact checking done regarding all the "statistics"

Drumpf rattled off toward the end of his silly Rose Garden blather yesterday? Is the media so inured to his lies they don't even bother to report the truth when he pulls numbers out of his ass?

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Is anyone aware of any fact checking done regarding all the "statistics" (Original Post) rzemanfl Jan 2019 OP

They're pretty much assumed to be lies at this point C_U_L8R Jan 2019 #1

I really like "munchausen-esque confabulation." n/t rzemanfl Jan 2019 #2

Someone did- rzemanfl Jan 2019 #3

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

1. They're pretty much assumed to be lies at this point

Reply to rzemanfl (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 10:40 AM

Jan 2019

Unless he goes out of his way to verify his claims with trusted 3rd party data. Which he's never done. It's usually just more lunatic ramblings and munchausen-esque confabulation.

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)

2. I really like "munchausen-esque confabulation." n/t

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 11:08 AM

Jan 2019

rzemanfl

(29,565 posts)

3. Someone did-

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 27, 2019, 01:53 PM

Jan 2019

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211736335

All bullshit of course.

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