The Washington Post’s Glenn Kessler says other politicians who get fact-checked “tend to stop saying those false facts,” but President Trump instead repeats them “over and over.” Angie Holan, editor of PolitiFact, says Trump could regain some of the public’s trust “if he started speaking more accurately…
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North Korea’s rhetoric might sound “very frightening” to Americans, but officials in Pyongyang make blustery comments “all the time,” says CNN international correspondent Will Ripley. He tells Brian Stelter what it’s like to read between the lines of North Korea’s state-controlled media.
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Suspended Fox News host Eric Bolling is suing HuffPost writer Yashar Ali for defamation. Ali says the $50 million suit is a scare tactic. Bolling “is trying to intimidate me,” Ali tells Brian Stelter, adding, “If he wants to wade into this pond, I’m happy to go in with him.”
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Retired US Navy Rear Admiral John Kirby says a leak to the Washington Post “put in motion” President Trump’s “fire and fury” rhetoric about North Korea. And Brian Stelter suggests the president sometimes takes his cues from cable news pundits. Plus, both Kirby and Ann Compton weigh in on leak investigations.
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Veteran White House correspondent Ann Compton asks: “Is it possible that we’re still struggling with how to interpret President Trump’s words?” Diplomacy, she says, “has a language of its own,” and Trump’s rhetoric puts “a special burden on reporters” to bring nuance to the news coverage.
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