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Nonilex<p>162 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/distortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>distortions</span></a> in a “news conference”. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FactCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FactCheck</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p>There were a host of false things that Donald Trump said during his hour-long “news” conference Thurs that have gotten attn.</p><p>A team of NPR reporters &amp; editors reviewed the transcript of his “news” conference &amp; found AT LEAST 162 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/misstatements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>misstatements</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/exaggerations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exaggerations</span></a> &amp; outright <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> in 64 minutes. That's &gt;2 a minute.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpLies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpLies</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-5070566/trump-news-conference" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/08/11/nx-s1-50705</span><span class="invisible">66/trump-news-conference</span></a></p>
TopKnot<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@w7voa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>w7voa</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Press Conference = <a href="https://mas.to/tags/FUD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FUD</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Hyperbole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hyperbole</span></a>, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Exaggerations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Exaggerations</span></a>, and <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lies</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>Donald Trump gave one of the longest presidential nomination acceptance speeches in history at the Republican National Convention last week. </p><p> The New York Times analyzed the reaction of undecided voters to the speech, many of whom found it bizarre and unsettling.</p><p>It was also loaded with lies, wrote Steven Rattner, a former adviser to the Treasury secretary in the Obama administration.</p><p>Trump, wrote Rattner, "used the opportunity, as well as his June debate with President Biden, to repeat favorite <a href="https://c.im/tags/false" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>false</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/claims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claims</span></a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/exaggerations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exaggerations</span></a>. </p><p>That Mr. Trump has a proclivity for saying untrue things is well known. </p><p>But in his latest campaign for the White House, I’ve been struck by what appears to be an escalation in both the frequency of Mr. Trump’s lies and the outrageousness of his distortions."<br><a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-escalation-lies-treasury-fact-check/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">rawstory.com/trump-escalation-</span><span class="invisible">lies-treasury-fact-check/</span></a></p>
Stuart D Neilson<p>"Almost all instances of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teacher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teacher</span></a>-to-<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>student</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SexualHarassment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SexualHarassment</span></a> take place on the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>school</span></a> grounds – indicating that there may be a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/acceptance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acceptance</span></a> in some schools across the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ireland</span></a>."</p><p>"When heads of school dismiss reports of inappropriate behaviour as “<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TroubleMaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TroubleMaking</span></a>” or “<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/exaggerations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>exaggerations</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/harmless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harmless</span></a> behaviour” we tell teenagers that their feelings are not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/valid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>valid</span></a> and that schools will not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/listen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>listen</span></a> to their concerns."</p><p>Kate Dawson in <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://press.coop/@guardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>guardian</span></a></span> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/29/teacher-student-harassment-uk-ireland" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2023/aug/29/teacher-student-harassment-uk-ireland</span></a></p>