&gt; I don&#x27;t particularly like the guy, but is there a campaign of deliberate misinterpretation going on?<p>Yes.  We live in a sound bite news era and if you can interpret the sound bite (tweet) in a wholly different way than intended and shout it loud enough, the original truth of the statement doesn&#x27;t matter.  Many of the headlines about political candidates are contradicted by the actual speeches, but SNL, late night, and reporters can make money off their interpretations.