Charles M. Blow@The New York Times (9/8/16): “There is no true equivalency between Trump and Clinton, or between Trump and any other politician, for that matter. Only 4 percent of Trump’s statements that PolitiFact checked were rated as completely ‘true’ and only another 11 percent were even rated as ‘mostly true.’ Seventy percent of Trump’s statements that the site checked were rated as ‘mostly false,’ ‘false’ or ‘pants on fire,’ the site’s worst rating. … This is not an honest man. This is not a trustworthy man. The fact that people believe he’s honest is a result of a failed media that aims its sincerest critique at Clinton’s deficiencies with the truth, but applies an entertainment standard to Trump that corrects falsehoods but doesn’t castigate him for them. There is no reasonable explanation or salable excuse for the media’s behavior this presidential cycle. History will look back at this period and it will not be kind to the Fourth Estate. We will all have to one day ask ourselves, ‘Where was I on Trump and the truth?’ Far too many of us will be found wanting.”
