But first, all the president s lies. While were covering this war against truth, this ongoing crisis of credibility, journalists are feeling pressure from both sides, the question lots of Trump Supporters ask is, why do you hate the president . At the same time what trumps critics ask him, why respect you tougher on him . When he lies, why dont you say he lies . Donald trump is the president of the United States, hes also a liar. Now as commander in chief, he misleads the public constantly. I understand why many of you want news outlets to use the lword, lie, more often. You want us to affirm what we all see, that trump has a truth problem. You want us to take it seriously, to take it really seriously, to recognize that its damaging the country and its causing us to rethink how were doing our job as a result. Maybe we shouldnt be reading his tweets aloud, because it hard to believe anything he says. I agree, but let me attempt to also add some nuance, but not earning he says is a lie a
pushing harder, pushing journalist s out. in one case, pushing an ap reporter out of a meeting at the epa. back in the summer politico reviewed press access into all 17 cabinet agencies and the white house was not releasing appointment coalendars or basic information that past administrations provided. the epa is of particular issue right now because there was a two-day summit meeting being held at the epa, where pruitt was speaking about for some reason the epa said there weren t enough seats in the room, but that was b.s., there were plenty of seats in the room. let s look at in from two different perspectives. rebecca lieber, environmental