‘Trump v the Truth’ will run for several hours on Sept. 17 and is set to be punctuated by “brief text-based fact-checks.”
Channel 4 is welcoming Donald Trump to the U.K. with a special program: an unbroken catalogue of over 100 falsehoods, distortions and inaccuracies he’s come up with since taking office in January.
The U.S. President will come to London for a second state visit this month, and the British channel has vowed to put a spotlight on his “prolific oeuvre of untruths.”
On Sep. 17 from 10 a.m. local time, Channel 4 will broadcast Trump v the Truth, the longest uninterrupted reel of untruths running over several hours. The statements will be punctuated by “brief text-based fact-checks, offering viewers the truth behind the tweets, speeches and soundbites.”
Just say “lies,” people.
Why not call it lies again? Why all this careful maneuvering around calling them out? Why always so gentle? They call for people’s death ffs.
It really depends what the individual clips are. They could be lies, mistruths, falsehoods, distortion. All are slightly different, usually to do with intent.
Who the fuck cares what exactly it would be called in a 100 % logical, purely neutral setting? These assholes need to be called out EVERY SINGLE TIME, right away, without fumbling around what it should be called!
I imagine lawyers* on both sides care
*barristers in the uk
While I agree wholeheartedly, the show hasn’t been broadcasted yet. You don’t yet know what you’re calling out.
That is a direct quote from the channel’s chief content officer Ian Katz. So before it even started they already soften the blow. How likely is it that they now started doing that but did not do it for the collection of bullshit prior, when they created it? I doubt it.
This is exactly the same as calling it “immigration crackdown”, absolutely disgusting.
(Hopefully Obvious Disclaimer: No, I’m not saying that Channel 4 is spreading disinfo. Yes, this is about trump lying all the time.)
