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Why not just concede it because it's true?

Yes. He should have been more clear. The way his comments were presented were untruthful because of the absence of the rest of what was said, not because of what was quoted.

True. Kelly was mistaken when he said that Wilson grandstanded and made the event about her, and not two slain FBI agents, by pointing out her role in getting funding for the project. She did it by pointing out her role in getting the naming of the building approved.

He should have corrected the facts.

She backed up the account that she perceived his call to be disrespectful, and that Trump stumbled on the name.

I think it's fair, again, to criticize Trump's continued engagement, but I would think the press would seek his response to this morning's interview. Is it better or more respectful to have it come from Sarah Huckabee Sanders at today's press briefing, rather than from the President in a tweet?

The tweet allows the press to include his response, which while contradictory, does not appear to be malicious, in their reporting immediately.

"Focus" is an interesting word. Is a simple acknowledgement, in light of the overwhelming coverage the story has received, that the Congresswoman politicized the call, a change in focus, or is it just something that should have been mentioned, and included all along?

Does it change the focus for me, or anyone else, to call on the press to follow their own ethical guidelines, regardless of who the president is, or what they think of him.

@RickStain and @MisterCreosote clearly believe that journalistic standards can, and should, be thrown out the window when dealing with Trump.

And, if other's believe this as well, they should either just say so, rather than try to avoid the issue, by declaring any review of their coverage to be a distraction, or an attempt to change the "focus".

We should be able to walk and chew gum at the same time, and the press should have to defend their own actions, when they are fairly called into question.

 

The idiocy of fake centrism

 

I believe that journalistic standards are a nuanced discussion completely beyond your abilities to meaningfully discuss, and your feigned concern for them are nothing but whataboutism.

 

Thing making the rounds on Facebook (I have a very ecumenical friends list) is the "Trump just called the widow ... a liar" ... Come on, man.

 

Everyone should be nicer to him when he's caught in a half-dozen lies at once.

 

Well, he's contradicting her account of the call. I guess he could be implying that she's mistaken in her recollection, but given that she went on national TV this morning with a clear version of events, it sure seems like he's calling her a liar.

 

I don't know any centrists. Neither does anyone else.

 

What do you know about journalism?

 

OK, let's talk about it.

Which specific press accounts do you take issue with?

 

I'd actually like to discuss my journalistic standards.

Every word I've typed here is either true or corroborated by decades of behavioral evidence.

Let me have it.

 

???

 

Credentials or STFU.