‘while falsely tying‘
Journalists used to treat issues which are disputed as such, using language serving to acknowledge the different opinions. Now they just say “this is false “ when there is no way to prove it one way or the other. People think talcum powder causes cervical cancer. journalists don’t have any business being the referee of debates like that. Lots of psychologists think there has been a dramatic rise in autism. I don’t agree but I’m not going to categorically say their opinion is false. For a journalist, the truth is defined as “ the opposite of anything Trump says”