Just Saying | Before you cry ‘fake news’ make sure you’re not a fake yourself
Yonden Lhatoo advises those quick to ape the US president’s favourite refrain to get their facts straight and make sure their own houses are in order first – lest they embarrass themselves
I know America’s twitchy-fingered tweeter-in-chief Donald Trump has made it rather fashionable these days for people to cry “fake news” over any dissemination of information they disagree with, but it’s starting to get ridiculous.
In the US president’s case, he should be the last pot to call the kettle black, fountainhead of falsities that he is. He gets away with it all the time, but I would remind anyone else jumping on the media-bashing bandwagon in this part of the world to make sure they have a leg to stand on first.
Because this is not America and you are not Donald Trump.
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