title: trumps new defense strategy on access hollywood tape blame the microphone
text: by hrafnkell haraldsson on mon oct st  at  am in donald trump you have a candidate who is frequently saying  false things in a day up to  on some days share on twitter print this post 
  cnns brian stelter calls donald trump a uniquely factchallenged candidate which is a prelude to introducing daniel dale washington correspondent for the toronto star  who fact checks every single word trump utters and tallies them up for his paper  
  dale says most factcheckers look at two or three things trump says meticulously factchecks them and posts an article but that doesnt work when you have a candidate who is frequently saying  false things in a day up to  on some days 
  for example dale tallied  trump lies on tuesday october  donald trump said  false things yesterday trumpcheck pictwittercomewfyfedfx 
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  which as dale pointed out  followed his recordtying  false claims on monday not coincidentally a day on which trump called fact checkers scum 
  watch courtesy of cnns reliable sources there is a massive imbalance in the frequency of dishonesty ddale says trump lies a lot more than clinton httpstcokpkvpntmo 
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  the mainstream media likes to play the false equivalence game but there is no equivalence between trump and clinton as dale told stelter there is a massive imbalance in the frequency of dishonesty trump says dale is not a normal political liar 
  for example look at the presidential debates  in which dale found  trump false statements as opposed to  by clinton 
  dales judgment is that there is no comparison in her level of accuracy with her opponent 
  trump also lies pointlessly argues dale explaining to brian stelter that 
  he gets things wrong where there is no political advantage to be gained and in those cases it is not clear whether hes lying or confused or unwilling to take the time to learn the facts 
  this was mark cubans complaint of course that trump has no interest in learning 
  in the end it matters less why trump lies than that he does especially since he is busily convincing his base that hillary clinton is the dishonest candidate and it is working this is a trope frequently repeated by trumps supporters you can correct them as often as you want it will have no effect 
  the lie has taken hold  one of many  many more than you likely expected and observational bias takes care of the rest the trump base is effectively lost to our shared reality and as dale tweeted last night 
  if trump loses the smart republican excavation is going to have to involve some long hard base reeducation 
  given the gops history with facts good luck with that 
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