Right-wing lobbyist: It's not a journalist's job to point out when the president lies

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Right-wing lobbyist: It’s not a journalist’s job to point out when the president lies

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Right-wing lobbyist: It’s not a journalist’s job to point out when the president lies

Published: Apr 30, 2018 1:15 p.m. ET

By SHAWN LANGLOIS
SOCIAL-MEDIA EDITOR

American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp and his wife, an employee of Team Trump, walked out of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner during Michelle Wolf’s performance on Sunday night.

He said he’d had enough of “elites mocking all of us.” She said it’s “why America hates the out-of-touch leftist media elites.”

And, beyond just being offended by the nastiness of the comedian’s barbs, Schlapp had a problem with her calling out lies. He went on CNN on Monday to explain himself. One comment he made really resonated on social media:

‘Just present the facts and let the American people decide if they think someone’s lying. Journalists shouldn’t be the one to say the president or his spokesperson is lying.’

If you just muttered “huh?” to yourself, you’re not alone.

[Eliot Rosewater]

1. Unless the president is a democrat, then it is not only their job but their only job.

shut up you filthy fucking hypocrite

[MineralMan]

2. Sounds like he's admitting that Trump and his team lies.

He knows they do, but doesn't want the public to be informed of that. That make him a liar, too.

The facts include the fact that the President tells a lie. It is the responsibility of journalists to let us know. Matt Schlapp's job is perpetuating Trump's lies, apparently.

No thanks, Matt, baby...

[niyad]

3. my first thought wasw--hat the hell is HE hiding?

[flotsam]

4. Separating truth from lies is their most important job N/T

[shanny]

5. So the motto is "we parrot, you decide"?

where have I heard that before?

[muntrv]

6. Fact:. Trump said he would drain the swamp. Fact:. He hasn't.