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  "path": "/2026/02/23/the-media-still-cant-figure-out-that-trump-says-things-that-arent-true/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-02-23T17:35:39.000Z",
  "site": "https://www.techdirt.com",
  "tags": [
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    "donald trump",
    "journalism",
    "lies",
    "mainstream media",
    "media",
    "sanewashing"
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  "textContent": "Debates on how the media should be covering what Donald Trump says have been going on for over a decade now. A few months ago, we wrote about the regularity with which the mainstream media “sanewashes” his more ridiculous statements, taking the incoherent ramblings of a madman and pretending to translate them into actual policy […]",
  "title": "The Media Still Can’t Figure Out That Trump Says Things That Aren’t True"
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