this is what a lot of the fact checks are amounting to. Trump makes a true but exaggerated claim, and the media marks the entire thing false because the claim was exaggerated.
Its often not even exaggerated, its just not viciously, perfectly defined to a nonsensical degree.
In this case, its "big" because its an area that was large enough to be put on a map and disrupt local inhabitants, compared to say someone just calling their house sovereign and independent. But they are saying it needed to be relatively "big" to the entire area to be true, which is nonsense.
His only mistake was using the word percentage, which does give them a legup on him to "fact check" like this.
yep, "big" is a relative term, so the only way to fact check it is to recontextualize the original quote. Seattle times is certainly making a fool of themselves here, but the real question is who can see it?
That's why he does it. If he says something accurate and true, they just wont cover it, but if he says something a little bit sensational/exagerated, they'll fall all over themselves nitpicking the hell out of it to prove how he's tots a liar yo, thereby amplifying his message and making them show their hand to the public.
this is what a lot of the fact checks are amounting to. Trump makes a true but exaggerated claim, and the media marks the entire thing false because the claim was exaggerated.
Its often not even exaggerated, its just not viciously, perfectly defined to a nonsensical degree.
In this case, its "big" because its an area that was large enough to be put on a map and disrupt local inhabitants, compared to say someone just calling their house sovereign and independent. But they are saying it needed to be relatively "big" to the entire area to be true, which is nonsense.
His only mistake was using the word percentage, which does give them a legup on him to "fact check" like this.
yep, "big" is a relative term, so the only way to fact check it is to recontextualize the original quote. Seattle times is certainly making a fool of themselves here, but the real question is who can see it?
That's why he does it. If he says something accurate and true, they just wont cover it, but if he says something a little bit sensational/exagerated, they'll fall all over themselves nitpicking the hell out of it to prove how he's tots a liar yo, thereby amplifying his message and making them show their hand to the public.
They're arguing over what is a "big percentage."