Trump will lie about his phony border crisis tonight

President Trump will make his case for a border wall on Tuesday night. Here is what to watch for and some of the larger issues the president faces. https://t.co/tN2F6J8xik

— NYT Politics (@nytpolitics) January 8, 2019

Counter-programming: https://t.co/UEl0RH3CqE

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 8, 2019

In my experience, immediately fact-checking Trump's immigration lies is harder than immediately fact-checking most other Trump lies — they're often written into his speeches by people more sophisticated at deception than he is.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 8, 2019

I’m in what appears to be the limited media camp that this is the right call.

The federal government’s closing in on a historically long impasse. The person at the top of it should say *something* of substance, and people should easily be able to watch.

Go from there. https://t.co/SgGRROjLw5

— Ross Maghielse (@Maghielse) January 8, 2019

Opinion: Trump wants the networks to carry his speech live. They should look at these charts of his lies. https://t.co/qebN8kaqwY

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 8, 2019

As long as the legacy media cares more appearing balanced than accurately informing the public, Trump and the rest of the Republicans who act in bad faith are going to have a structural political advantage.

— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) January 8, 2019

Op-ed: Free airtime for President Trump? Not so fast. https://t.co/67gF4QlChQ

— Washington Post Opinions (@PostOpinions) January 8, 2019

The fact that Trump told a huge lie in the *announcement* of his address — that there's a "national security crisis" at the border — means the networks cannot pretend to have any illusions about the level of deception he will employ.

That should figure in their "deliberating." https://t.co/n4zG8QtRfQ

— CEO TESLA (@CEOTESLA5c3f) January 7, 2019

Journalists are going to fact-check every word of Trump's nationally televised speech. And it won't mean a thing to his supporters. Which tells you everything you need to know about 2019.

— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) January 8, 2019

CNN, NBC and CBS all say that they'll carry the Democratic response to Trump live tonight. My impression is that the other major networks will do the same. But some of the details are still being worked out.

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 8, 2019

Fact checkers, eat your Wheaties. #POTUS #governmentshutdown #primetime pic.twitter.com/GiO0lfeb9Q

— Brooke Baldwin (@BrookeBaldwin) January 8, 2019

If Trump doesn’t declare a national emergency tonight, it doesn’t mean he won’t in the coming days, aides say. But the president was growing frustrated that the argument for his border wall wasn’t being made effectively enough, so he decided to do it himself. https://t.co/hjVk925sej

— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) January 8, 2019

"It is remarkable how much we now shrug when the President of the United States delegitimizes and dehumanizes our work. The things he said today were so hateful about journalists, and we call that Monday," @brianstelter tells @IChotiner. https://t.co/VMDlqGRZi4

— Michael Kruse (@michaelkruse) January 8, 2019

Prime-time Trump faces credibility crisis | Analysis by CNN's Stephen Collinson https://t.co/A7U9iQOT1I pic.twitter.com/FqoALLzxEA

— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) January 8, 2019

People who believe Trump is a dire threat to the country think that TV networks should not help spread his propaganda. People who believe Trump is saving the country think this debate is ludicrous — and indicative of liberal media bias… https://t.co/keyPCJmcuW

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 8, 2019

"Don't put the President of the United States on TV because he might lie" is a pretty weird position for a journalist to take. Most people know that Trump is not honest. His policies are not popular (certainly, the wall isn't popular)… https://t.co/wCB7iwFgqg pic.twitter.com/oPQfp1XY9R

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) January 8, 2019

White House officials, aware of their credibility problem, are stressing the importance of internally fact-checking any stats ahead of Trump's address tonight. Trump aides have been repeatedly challenged on the numbers they're using to argue for a wall. https://t.co/F1Fdkq6Ydq

— Rebecca Ballhaus (@rebeccaballhaus) January 8, 2019