{"id":17261,"date":"2016-09-26T11:12:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T11:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17261"},"modified":"2016-09-26T11:12:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T11:12:07","slug":"covering-a-charlatan-do-so-thoroughly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=17261","title":{"rendered":"Covering a &#8216;charlatan&#8217;? Do so thoroughly"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/25Kristof-master675.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-17263\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/25Kristof-master675-300x190.jpg\" alt=\"25kristof-master675\" width=\"300\" height=\"190\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/25Kristof-master675-300x190.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/25Kristof-master675.jpg 675w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I totally understand where Nicholas Kristof is coming from as he implores the media to do a better job of covering a &#8220;charlatan&#8221; such as Donald J. Trump.<\/p>\n<p>His column in the Sunday New York Times lays it out there.<\/p>\n<p>The media must call the Republican nominee out in &#8220;real time&#8221; for the lies he tells about himself, his business ventures, his foes and the state of American standing in the world.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/09\/25\/opinion\/sunday\/how-to-cover-a-charlatan-like-trump.html?_r=0\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/09\/25\/opinion\/sunday\/how-to-cover-a-charlatan-like-trump.html?_r=0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, by all means, do so with great vigor.<\/p>\n<p>Tonight, though, as Trump stands for 90 minutes on that\u00a0stage with Democratic nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton, the moderator has one job only: to moderate the commercial-free spectacle.<\/p>\n<p>NBC News&#8217;s Lester Holt is an accomplished broadcast journalist and anchor. He will ask tough and probing questions of the candidates, who&#8217;ll be forced to answer each other.<\/p>\n<p>As for the fact-checking, Holt will have plenty of help from fellow journalists watching from near and far to do what they must do: set the record straight for voters who will have to decide whether to believe the charlatan masquerading as a serious candidate for president of the United States of America.<\/p>\n<p>This should be a fun evening. Don&#8217;t you think?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I totally understand where Nicholas Kristof is coming from as he implores the media to do a better job of covering a &#8220;charlatan&#8221; such as Donald J. Trump. His column in the Sunday New York Times lays it out there. 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