Fact-checking Trump

Daniel Dale of the Toronto Star discussing Trump’s lies about U. S. Steel

Here’s a little thread about a major corporation, Trump’s lying, and the weirdness of attempting to fact-check him.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 25, 2018

Read the whole thread but I liked this one:

Companies would sometimes prefer the president lie about them than confirm that the president is lying about them. The End.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 25, 2018

Poll on media bias

Conservatives estimated that 54 percent of news on the radio, TV and in newspapers was misinformation. https://t.co/ncfJlp1eIh

— Poynter (@Poynter) June 26, 2018

Trump administration is promoting abstinence-only sex education which doesn’t work

“Although there is overwhelming scientific & anecdotal evidence that abstinence-only programs don’t work, the Trump White House is moving forward with its plan to emphasize teen pregnancy programs that encourage adolescents to wait until marriage for sex.” https://t.co/aisP43W8pp

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 26, 2018

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— Democracy Forward (@DemocracyFwd) March 21, 2018

Trump promotes one of his businesses

This is so wrong!

Gary Player, a hall of fame golfer, played Trump’s golf course in Scotland today. Looks like the president’s just promoting his course? https://t.co/lnmODIk3Q5

— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) June 27, 2018

Democrats and Republicans have a lot of misconceptions about the other party

Blacks made up a quarter of the Democratic Party, but Rs estimated the share at 46%.

Rs thought 38% of Dems were gay, lesbian or bisexual. The actual number was 6%.

Dems estimated that 44% of Rs make more than $250K a year. The actual share was 2%.https://t.co/h7gdKGyT7V pic.twitter.com/wPoQxjSfZj

— FiveThirtyEight (@FiveThirtyEight) June 26, 2018

update:

According to a new study, Americans’ perceptions of the opposing political party tend to skew far from the truth. @OTMBrooke and @perrybaconjr discuss why the gulf between perception and reality is so wide. (@onthemedia) https://t.co/YTe3Yv13py

— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) July 28, 2018

This is so corrupt

Trump decided to lift sanctions on a Chinese company that has been labeled a threat to US national security by Republicans and Democrats—on the same day that his objectively unqualified daughter-turned-adviser was awarded 3 more lucrative Chinese trademarks. https://t.co/MxSKM8eDlb

— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) June 27, 2018

Trump false claims

I would call them lies but Daniel Dale does a great job of tracking things Trump says that are not true. I recommend following him on Twitter. He comments on Trump’s speeches in real time.

TRUMP SHATTERS DISHONESTY RECORD: The president of the United States made 103 — 103 — false claims last week. Fifteen per day. https://t.co/2mL4fbjh0L

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2018

Trump’s speech in South Carolina

I did 55 eyebrow-raising lines from Trump's SC speech last night.

I probably could have done 10 more. Maybe 20.https://t.co/PEgUYdjiYM pic.twitter.com/HmDz5QngpR

— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) June 26, 2018

What I saw at Trump's South Carolina rally… https://t.co/akgXI2VOj4

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) June 26, 2018

11 curious quotes from Trump tonight. What's the best way to cover a speech like this? What should journos tell readers/viewers about it? https://t.co/m5oVQxmbxc pic.twitter.com/ByIZQOvxb1

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) June 26, 2018

What you should do is not broadcast Trump’s lies!

“Justin, what’s your problem, Justin?” In rambling rally speech, Trump complains again about Trudeau and Canada, threatens auto tariff: https://t.co/QTEoupDPm2

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2018

Check out Dale’s tweets, too – some examples below:

For at least the 15th time, Trump falsely claims the U.S. has spent $7 trillion in the Middle East. He has wildly exaggerated a Brown University estimate of $5.6 trillion including estimated future costs.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2018

Trump does his now-regular false claim about cutting more regulations than any president "whether it's four years, eight years, 16 years." The longest-serving president died after just over 12 years. He just keeps saying it.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2018

Trump falsely claims the US "lost $817 billion" on trade last year. The trade deficit was $566 billion when counting goods and services. The $800 billion figure ignores trade in services. This is about the 39th time Trump has said this as president.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2018

Trump says Canada and the European don't allow access to US farmers. Canada is the top market for US agriculture exports. The EU is fifth. $32 billion total in 2017. pic.twitter.com/PjJYZfIcJH

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2018

Trump says "15,000 or 20,000" people couldn't get into his Minnesota rally. He originally tweeted 10,000, then the next day said 15,000, now has added another 5,000.

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2018

Trump is repeatedly accusing Democrats of not caring if criminals enter the country. "They don't mind crime," he says. He adds: "It's the party of Maxine Waters – do you believe her?" (Boos.) "No no, this has become the party of Maxine Waters and Nancy Pelosi."

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 26, 2018

The New York Times: what to do when Trump says something that isn’t true?

This article shows Times editorial opinion and reader reaction.

I would call them lies, especially if he repeats them after they have been disproven which he does often.

“We Have a Crisis of Democracy, Not Manners”

More of this please: “Most people tacitly agree that it’s O.K. to shun professional racists. It’s a little more complicated when the professional racist is the president of the United States.” https://t.co/C1cdtiiikN

— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) June 26, 2018

Old list of Trump’s racist statements