Stubborn Facts

“The president says, ‘One of the most important things that I’ve done, especially for the public, is explain that a lot of the news is indeed fake.’ That IS an important statement, but only because it shows what a deceiver and charlatan he is. Journalists don’t make up stuff, except in extremely rare circumstances, and in those cases they are shunned by their profession. But Trump wants you to disbelieve them because they are performing their constitutional function of holding him accountable. Facts are stubborn things. They will persist no matter what he does or what his personality cult believes.” 

—Al Cross, veteran Louisville Courier-Journal journalist and director of the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues, University of Kentucky, on Facebook, Nov. 25, 2018.

• Editorial Note: Amen, brother.

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