confusedguytoo:

fandomsandfeminism:

apersnicketylemon:

fandomsandfeminism:

Call.

Them.

Liars. 

“Giuliani stuns with new LIE.” “Giuliani LIES with his new claim.”

Call the lairs lairs when they lie. Just say it. 

Okay, speaking as someone who has studied media’s interaction with politics: They can’t. They literally can’t. Unless it was proven in a court of law, news outlets must report things as ‘allegedly’ or ‘claims’. Even if the journalist and every person working with them believes it to be true that he is lying, even if it’s demonstrable that he’s lying with different news articles, they cannot say ‘Giuliani stuns with new lie’ because it puts them at risk for a libel lawsuit.

They do this on purpose, not because they’re trying to cover for him, but because they have to cover their own asses. They probably think he is a liar too! But they aren’t allowed to say that from a legal stand point. If a court finds him guilty of lying, they can say something like ‘Giuliani: Lies exposed’ or ‘Courts find Giuliani Guilty of Lying about ______’

But we have VIDEO of him saying “There was no collusion” 

It’s right here. He says they never colluded AND collusion isn’t a crime anyway. He said that in JULY.

In May is said it again- Giuliani: “And even if it comes from a Russian, or a German, or an American, it doesn’t matter. And they never used it, is the main thing. They never used it. They rejected it. If there was collusion with the Russians, they would have used it.”

It’s absolute nonsense. And refusing to report it as nonsense is bad.

I’m pretty sure it;s the same thing as in that comedy routine.  You have a bank robber, he’s on camera, he’s id’d by witnesses, the police arrest him inside the bank, but he walks out the front door he becomes the “suspect”