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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23108955

“I was prepared to go on stage to craft a statement, saying he decided not to go on stage because of fact-checking… we couldn’t compromise on that.”

As [NABJ president Ken] Lemon was preparing that statement, Trump walked onto the stage.

  • Nightwingdragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    6 months ago

    I mean, we all know that virtually everything that comes out of Trump’s mouth is 100% grade-A bullshit.

    But when he says that he is unwilling to participate if he’s going to be fact-checked means that he knows that everything is saying is a lie. He just admitted to it. Nobody who believes that they’re telling the truth is afraid of being fact-checked, especially not to that degree.

    He literally was telling the NABJ that he’s not going to participate if he’s not allowed to lie.

    • Bgugi@lemmy.world
      2·
      6 months ago

      It’s not quite the self-report that you think it is. Refusing to accept fact checking is a rational decision in the hypothetical framework that the participant is being honest and the checker is unreliable or dishonest.