Dante
"intuition and imagination and intelligence"
It's become quite controversial. I believe it can not only successfully challenge personal and partisan narratives, but successfully challenge world views as well. Cognitive dissonances cannot escape the challenges either. Not everybody is a fan. It's called fact checking.
And fact checking has become a big business with claims made by Donald Trump. Why do I focus exclusively on him in this thread? Nobody else in America has faced such intense scrutiny on claims and facts. Mr. Trump's relationship to truth has been an issue since long before he entered the political scene. Long ago he proudly touted his relationship to things as "Truthful Hyperbole."
Fact Check:
Former President Donald J. Trump’s penchant for fabrication and hyperbole has long been a core tenet of his bombastic persona and political messaging. Two campaigns, one term in the Oval Office and eight years later, Mr. Trump has loosened his grasp on the facts even more.
A comparison of his addresses before the Republican National Convention in 2016 and 2024 demonstrates how his relationship to the truth has changed, offering a glimpse of how he will likely cast himself on the campaign trail as he seeks to reclaim the White House.
In 2016, when he accepted the nomination after a bitter primary campaign, with doubts and skepticism lingering over his candidacy, Mr. Trump hewed closely to his prepared remarks and paid some heed to the facts.
Last Thursday, he stood before a party altered in his image, after four nights of allies, friends and former foes repeating falsehoods and exaggerations that have become a staple of his speeches, rallies and social media posts.
Here’s a breakdown:
And fact checking has become a big business with claims made by Donald Trump. Why do I focus exclusively on him in this thread? Nobody else in America has faced such intense scrutiny on claims and facts. Mr. Trump's relationship to truth has been an issue since long before he entered the political scene. Long ago he proudly touted his relationship to things as "Truthful Hyperbole."
Fact Check:
Trump’s 2024 Convention Speech Had More Falsehoods Than His 2016 One
A comparison of former President Donald J. Trump’s addresses before the Republican National Convention in 2016 and 2024 demonstrates how his relationship to the truth has changed.Former President Donald J. Trump’s penchant for fabrication and hyperbole has long been a core tenet of his bombastic persona and political messaging. Two campaigns, one term in the Oval Office and eight years later, Mr. Trump has loosened his grasp on the facts even more.
A comparison of his addresses before the Republican National Convention in 2016 and 2024 demonstrates how his relationship to the truth has changed, offering a glimpse of how he will likely cast himself on the campaign trail as he seeks to reclaim the White House.
In 2016, when he accepted the nomination after a bitter primary campaign, with doubts and skepticism lingering over his candidacy, Mr. Trump hewed closely to his prepared remarks and paid some heed to the facts.
Last Thursday, he stood before a party altered in his image, after four nights of allies, friends and former foes repeating falsehoods and exaggerations that have become a staple of his speeches, rallies and social media posts.
Here’s a breakdown:
Mr. Trump veered farther from the facts.
Whereas many of Mr. Trump’s claims eight years ago contained a kernel of truth or simply omitted context, many of his claims during his acceptance speech last week were flat-out false.
Take, for example, his statements about crime.
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Mr. Trump’s use of statistics in 2016 was also more precise.
Warnings about immigration were more fantastical.
The list of inaccurate superlatives has grown.
Mr. Trump sometimes has a point when diagnosing an issue or boasting about an accomplishment, yet he exaggerates anyway.
His attacks on his opponents were still hyperbolic.
Trump’s 2024 Convention Speech Had More Falsehoods Than His 2016 One
A comparison of former President Donald J. Trump’s addresses before the Republican National Convention in 2016 and 2024 demonstrates how his relationship to the truth has changed.
www.nytimes.com