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JoePhilly

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18. Just record all of Trumps statements and then add a LIE-O-METER.
Mon Sep 26, 2016, 04:32 PM
Sep 2016

Its a perfect advertisement.

You could let it run in fast-forward mode, with counter that goes "ding", and then announce the final, "Lies per minute" score.

As recommended by phallon Sep 2016 #1
Except Bloomberg hertopos Sep 2016 #2
we need serious media reform. "news" is facts. period. bullimiami Sep 2016 #3
Amen! musicblind Sep 2016 #17
nah we lost that fight a long time ago with Faux news and their lawsuit. :( boomer55 Sep 2016 #21
Anyone is welcome to opine ad nauseum. My proposal is simple. bullimiami Oct 2016 #25
Directv - channel 353 Bloomberg will fact check asiliveandbreathe Sep 2016 #4
Thank you-- the implication is "facts are irrelevant" ailsagirl Sep 2016 #6
We have no news services. We have Infotainment Media Conglomerates Agnosticsherbet Sep 2016 #5
HRC will just have to do her own fact checking. vlyons Sep 2016 #7
And a diplomat - key - asiliveandbreathe Sep 2016 #11
"Live" isn't as important as afterward, so no big deal imo. greyl Sep 2016 #8
True ailsagirl Sep 2016 #9
But the "Fact Checking" of this debate has become such a huge story, greyl Sep 2016 #22
Disagree. Most people don't watch the follow up. They turn the TV off after the debate. Drunken Irishman Sep 2016 #10
I will watch the follow up... chillfactor Sep 2016 #13
I agree. But you're also a political junkie. Drunken Irishman Sep 2016 #23
Do you think people should depend on 1 source for fact checking? (bloomberg?!?) greyl Sep 2016 #14
But most people don't watch the whole thing, let alone afterward, so this is good. bettyellen Sep 2016 #20
Hillary should point out the first blatant lie, tavernier Sep 2016 #12
Now that might get them to intervene live! BSdetect Sep 2016 #16
That would be epic. n/t musicblind Sep 2016 #19
what did you expect? this is a M$M held "debate", wouldn't want lil Donnie to go home crying. Bill USA Sep 2016 #15
Just record all of Trumps statements and then add a LIE-O-METER. JoePhilly Sep 2016 #18
A short delayed feed to fact check. A fact check ticker at the bottom of the screen. sarcasmo Sep 2016 #24
Trump lies are so obvious as its 90% of what he says... beachbumbob Oct 2016 #26
They will have plenty to do afterwards Mz Pip Oct 2016 #27
Hillary's got this! agingdem Oct 2016 #28
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