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The media has made Donald Trump look more coherent than he is. It’s called ‘sanewashing’

The US president often provides meandering non-answers and strange speeches, but news reports omit the weirdness. Does it matter?

The media has made Donald Trump look more coherent than he is. It’s called ‘sanewashing’
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Pressivio’s Opinion desk has added the source report “The media has made Donald Trump look more coherent than he is. It’s called ‘sanewashing’” to its international monitoring stream.

The US president often provides meandering non-answers and strange speeches, but news reports omit the weirdness. Does it matter?

Original source: The Conversation
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