WSJ editor says newspaper won't call Trump's Lies 'Lies'
January 02, 2017  13:15
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Wall Street Journal Editor-in-Chief Gerard Baker said his newspaper would not refer to false statements from the Trump administration as "lies,' because doing so would ascribe a "moral intent" to the statements.


Baker appeared on NBC's "Meet The Press' Sunday, where he described some of President-elect Donald Trump's falsehoods as "questionable" and "challengeable." But, he said, "I'd be careful about using the word 'lie.' 'Lie' implies much more than just saying something that's false. It implies a deliberate intent to mislead."  Read more
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