https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2...trump-days-after-chris-wallace-says-he/212939
Fox host Shepard Smith criticized the idea that some media figures refuse to fact-check Donald Trump’s lies, a statement that stands in contrast to his Fox colleague Chris Wallace who said that it isn’t his job to be a “truth squad” while moderating candidates during the presidential debates.
During an interview about his selection as a debate moderator on September 4, Chris Wallace argued that “I do not believe it is my job to be a truth squad” on presidential candidates, “it’s up to the other person to catch them on that.”
In a discussion of NBC anchor Matt Lauer’s performance as moderator of a September 7 presidential forum, Smith argued that the idea of the media refusing to fact-check lies told by candidates is a “dereliction of duty.” Smith added that the media hasn’t aggressively been fact-checking Trump out of fear “he’ll rip you to shreds”
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Republican nominee Donald Trump likes to talk about the September 11th attacks – so that he can talk about himself, or invoke absurd conspiracy theories like his claim that he saw “thousands of Muslims cheering in New Jersey” when the towers fell, or as an excuse to send out cheap attacks at people who dare to criticize him. How any American could support a man who speaks so callously of such a dreadful day in our nation’s history is beyond any rational explanation.
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