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“Hello, Bob”: When President Trump called my cellphone to say that the health-care bill was dead
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Kate Blank
Kate Blank
Aug 31, 2018 · 1 min read

Why do reporters even report unsupportable statement (and outright lies) by politicians? Why not report, “The [individual interviewed] made no statements that were supported by any facts,” and leave it at that? Why give a politician press and publicity and allow their false statements to be reported as “their version” at all?

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