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Journalism has its share of clich\u00e9s that seek to define its mission.<\/p>\n

One of them is to “comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable.”<\/p>\n

It doesn’t betray a bias, per se. It simply defines one of the tenets that drives journalists to do their job with thoroughness, while being fair to those they are examining.<\/p>\n

Thus, a group of journalists sat before Donald J. Trump on Tuesday and grilled the presumptive Republican presidential nomination on donations he said he made to veterans organizations.<\/p>\n

Trump’s response was to throw a tantrum.<\/p>\n

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The issue at hand dealt with whether Trump actually donated the amount of money he said he had donated to veterans organizations.<\/p>\n

Washington Post reporters had detected a discrepancy in what Trump had said, that the money went to the organizations many months after he said he made the donation. So, media representatives questioned him about that discrepancy, only to have Trump respond with another round of name-calling and insults.<\/p>\n

Trump seems to demonstrate a casual disregard for the facts. He said after the 9\/11 attacks that he witnessed “thousands and thousands of Muslims” cheering the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.<\/p>\n

He didn’t witness anything of the sort.<\/p>\n

Some pundits have accused Trump of being a “pathological liar,” defining it as a case in which the candidate tells a lie knowing<\/em> it to be a lie and understanding full well that others who hear it also know it to be a lie.<\/p>\n

It’s the media’s responsibility to ensure that candidates be held accountable for statements they make.<\/p>\n

That’s what happened at the news conference Tuesday as the media grilled the candidate on what he said he’d done on behalf of veterans organizations.<\/p>\n

Sure, they have “afflicted the comfortable.” It’s their job.<\/p>\n

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