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President Joe Biden Falls Short Of Trump's Lie-Count In First Week

DrForester

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Fact-Checking Biden’s First Week in Office (Published 2021)

All but three of 20 claims the president made were accurate, demonstrating his regard for basic facts and his proclivity to err when speaking off the cuff.
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President Biden, in his first week in office, typically stuck to vetted scripts and verified facts — a departure from his predecessor's freewheeling and fact-free rhetorical style.

Over all, Mr. Biden used the presidential podium to promote his policy priorities. His remarks were aspirational and light on empirical assertions. Of 20 factual claims The New York Times analyzed from Jan. 20 to Jan. 26, all but three were largely if not completely accurate. One claim was an overly optimistic projection, another falsely criticized former President Donald J. Trump and a third Mr. Biden corrected almost immediately.
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WP counter says the terrorist cult leader told 38 lies in his first week.
 
Nepenthe

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Basic shit like this just takes so much stress off of one's back.
 
Mr. Keith

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I tried to find out more about these three lies he told and my god the right wing articles that were coming up.

I guess the propaganda machine is running strong. I was mostly just trying to find out what he blamed Trump for that amazingly wasn't true.
 
Makoto Yuki

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Elandyll

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Nepenthe said:
Basic shit like this just takes so much stress off of one's back.
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Like.. so much this.

It sounds stupidly basic... But not having someone lying his ass off and always trying to do the most vile and evil stuff constantly in the WH is in itself such a big relief.
We should (and do) expect more, but that's already a huge weight off.
 
Gaf Zombie

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To be fair, those are big shoes to fill.

Trump lied like he had a quota and never faced real consequences from his base for it.
 
Ultimate Bear Cub

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Mar 30, 2019
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Quick! Make something up! Anything! Something about...bigly beautifully perfect...conversations? Letters? Gah, I'm drawing a blank!
 
SpaceCrystal

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Hakuro said:
Problem is, right now we don't need boring, we urgently need extreme and bold measures, such as M4A.
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Oh, no one's forgetting about progressive policies. Those are a must.

I'm simply referring to having a president in which there's no scandals almost every single day, who doesn't call the press "The enemy of the people", "You are fake news", etc. whenever he's being called out, who doesn't lie every single time, who doesn't incite violence against minorities like myself, women & LGBTQ's, etc. & among other shit.
 
SteveWinwood

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Mr. Keith said:
I tried to find out more about these three lies he told and my god the right wing articles that were coming up.

I guess the propaganda machine is running strong. I was mostly just trying to find out what he blamed Trump for that amazingly wasn't true.
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if you find them share it here

I couldnt find them in the ops article and I don't wanna wade through that garbage
 
Einchy

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"and a third Mr. Biden corrected almost immediately."

He didn't turn this into a thing for months because he couldn't admit he mistook? WEAK
 
jerf

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you think that's bad? I'm pretty sure ol' sleepy Joe is already 3 golf trips behind.
 
JaseC64

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Nepenthe said:
Basic shit like this just takes so much stress off of one's back.
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Seriously.

Feels like things are now in cruise control and I dont have to worry about the person in the WH doing something shitty Friday evening or any day of the week rather.

I haven't been paying much attention to Biden since I feel he is doing good things. Sure its bad if we become complacent but in a sense, this is the way things have been before. Only will I tune in if something horrible occurs or a major announcement is made.
 
Cuburger

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Oct 28, 2017
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Having a leader that tries to be truthful not only helps build trust but helps create a better standard of transparency. As much as people tried to paint the "orange man bad" criticisms and "lie counters" of Trump's Presidency as an overreaction or a standard that we only held Trump to (which was true in some senses), it was more of a way to gauge for normal people who don't pay as close attention how this is not normal and we can't let the overwhelming amount of lies and complete disconnection from the truth become the norm, although not just for the average person, but for everyone, here and internationally. For the media to continue the tradition, as nit picking as it may seem, could be a step towards fixing the terrible accountability we have allowed to become acceptable.
 
Desi

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Yeah the auto numbers are way off. More like 50-100,000. Especially as these would be Union jobs
 
Chopchop

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It's so refreshing not having to read about dumb shit from the president nearly every day.
 
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