GET ME REWRITE: New York Times reporter Chris Cameron turns himself into pretzel trying not to call Donald Trump a liar

 

9:52 p.m. EST entry in New York Times SOTU normalizing and sanewashing festival

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Former CBS honcho Leslie Moonves set the tone for reporting about Trump in 2015.

Excerpt from Hollywood Reporter, 2/29/2016

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