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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
It's quite easy to avoid the use of a loaded word like "inflated."
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This is not a loaded word. I'd accept the argument that "lied" is a loaded word, although I don't agree with it. "Inflated" is the water-down attempt at appearing unbiased. It's also 100% accurate, and thus not biased.
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All one needs write is "Trump stated that the Saudi relationship involves hundreds of billions of dollars. Other sources quote the amount at issue at a 50 billion dollars."
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This would be misleading, suggesting that the question is one of disagreement. There is no disagreement. There's an actually correct number, and it is less than what Trump said. Thus he inflated the number.
Your way is biased against objective truth.
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Is it the journalist's job to delegitimize? Or is it his job to report?
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It's often said that a journalists job is to report the truth. You're explicitly arguing they should not do so.
