The New York Times, in order for a comparison to an article about Trump falsehoods, added up the number of times they say Obama lied during his eight-year presidency. Warning: Don’t be drinking a beverage when you read what follows:
After we published a list of Trump's lies this summer, some of his supporters asked us to compare Trump to other presidents. We've done so and just published the results: https://t.co/ivdTB7a7rN pic.twitter.com/SA0STVoXgv
— David Leonhardt (@DLeonhardt) December 14, 2017
Seriously? Wait just a second…
Do you honestly, seriously believe that Barack Obama told 18 falsehoods over the course of his entire presidency? https://t.co/tKyYY1QECb
— Alex Griswold (@HashtagGriswold) December 14, 2017
Yeah, about that, NYT:
This is a nice graphic but if you expect people to believe Obama told a mere 18 lies over the course of his two terms, you could also say little green men live on Mars and it would be just as accurate.
Politifact lists 20 one ONE page (there’s 4 pages) https://t.co/SqP6YD8jqA https://t.co/tbkbSLTY1B
— Jay Caruso (@JayCaruso) December 14, 2017
Gee, why don’t more people trust the media?
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/941291305203912704
https://twitter.com/JammieWF/status/941295767419056130
This is the media putting the nails in its own coffin
They've done exhaustive research & found #Obama told only 18 lies in his 8 yrs
You people cannot be trusted to tell the truth, if your definition of a lie depends on who is telling it https://t.co/6RYh8qMacB
— Jim Hanson (@JimHansonDC) December 14, 2017
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As for “blatant falsehoods,” the NY Times columnists used a dot to represent each one in Obama’s eight years vs. Trump’s first eleven months:
Puh-leeze!
There's a reason your newspaper is dying.
This is it.
— RightWired (@_donaldson) December 14, 2017
Yep. But now at least Democrats have another big ol’ pile of BS to push:
This graph of Trump's lies provides further confirmation that @POTUS has degraded the once grand and respected Office of the President. https://t.co/17eKMygvzz
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 14, 2017
Another day, another media outlet giving the Dems a talking point assist.