• jsomae@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    “Lied” means intentionally deceived. I don’t know anything about this outlet, but what reason do we have to believe they lied? Perhaps they were themselves deceived.

    Edit: people be downvoting me just because I’m ignorant and asking in good faith. We have to fix this culture on lemmy where all questions are assumed to be “just-asking-questions” style trolling.

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      1 month ago

      They were deceived? When the oulet said she lied, they were claiming to know the future. They lied.

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        1 month ago

        Eh, dislike this because outlets make claims about the future all the time based on what they think is most probable. I don’t think that’s lying in general. I would be more swayed that this is lying if they actually thought it was plausible that Trump would do this, and denied it.

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          1 month ago

          Outlets shouldnt be making predictions about the future with phrases that imply certainty. Especially when accusing someone.