Prominent Republican says it's 'wrong' for journalists to call out Trump's lies

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

During an interview on CNN on Monday, frequent Fox News guest and American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp made a case that it is not the job of journalists to inform the public when the president or his spokespeople are lying.

Instead, Schlapp suggested journalists should just provide stenography of what government officials are saying, and let the American people do their best to sort out who is telling the truth — because otherwise the feelings of Trump supporters might get hurt.

“We have political disagreements in this country, and I think it’s wrong for journalists to take that next step,” Schlapp said. “Just present the facts. Let the American people decide if they think someone is lying. The journalist shouldn’t be the one to say the president or his spokesperson is lying, because what that does is to 50 percent of the country, is it makes them feel like they aren’t credible to listen to anymore.”

Schlapp, who is married to White House director of strategic communications Mercedes Schlapp, was responding to comedian Michelle Wolf’s routine at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday evening. At one point, Wolf addressed Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders’ propensity to lie, saying, “I actually really like Sarah. I think she’s very resourceful. She burns facts, and then she uses the ash to create a perfect smoky eye. Maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s lies. It’s probably lies.”

https://thinkprogress.org/matt-schlapp-whcd-journalists-trump-lies-0cc6bb5ad2b3/

[Me.]

1. THe Problem

Lies are never facts

[demosincebirth]

14. Lies are intentionally meant to deceive. They ought to make him have his hand on a bible every

time he speaks or tweets.

[Different Drummer]

2. [B]ecause otherwise the feelings of Trump supporters might get hurt

Boo frickin' hoo!

[GWC58]

13. Their feelings?

I could give a rats ass as to their “feelings.” Here’s my message to those people. Okay now look close! 🖕🏻 How’s that “feel?”

[njhoneybadger]

3. Mat Shalump can go fuck himself

[Iliyah]

4. It's wrong if that politician is a Republican.

If that politician is a Dem or something else, it's ok for journalists to let the general public know, actually it's their civic duty.

There, I fixed it.

[JI7]

5. This guy has a bad case of victimhood

Saw some of this shit this morning. Wanted to punch his face so badly.

When they brought up trump mocking a disabled person he kept saying something like "if that's what he did".

There is no if about it.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

10. He should have had his face schlapped

Sorry I couldn't resist

[Historic NY]

6. Those poor snowflakes.

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. Are these people for real?

[BootinUp]

8. Hey Schlapp, practice what you preach and we'll go from there. nt

[Blue_true]

9. One set of standards for them, a more rigid set for everyone else.

If I got a quarter for everytime a rightwinger either called them a liar or implied someone in the Obama Administration was lying, I would be set for the next 100 years.

[Garrett78]

11. Just state the facts. Fact: Trump is lying.

The decades-long attack on the "liberal media" has been highly effective. Much of the mainstream media (or infotainment industry) promotes false equivalencies and the notion that all statements constitute equally valid opinions (there are no facts, there are no falsehoods). I suspect that's partly due to the prioritization of ratings, but I think it's also due to some warped (warped by the aforementioned "liberal media" BS) sense of what constitutes fairness.

So, as usual, a Republican is spouting reality's inverse. Up is down, down is up.

[Gothmog]

12. No it is critical for the press to call out trump's lies

[MrScorpio]

15. Is Schlapp getting enough oxygen?

[SamKnause]

16. Matt Schlapp and his wife are repulsive.

With that being said, if you don't want to be called a liar, don't lie.

They are all very aware they are lying.

Sarah frequently gets a mocking grin as she spews lies.

They have an agenda.

They will stoop to any level, including violence, to reach their goal.

They want to turn the U.S. into a Prosperity Gospel Christian Nation controlled by corporations.

I will continue to refer to them as EVIL LIARS.

They are the greatest threat this country has every faced.