A lot of people exaggerate. However, if you’re going to the the anchor of a major, national news network, you should be held to a higher standard. No?
Exactly. He's supposed to be calling politicians on their little lies.
It isn't the same thing as exaggerated war stories in the face of people who know to make allowances for it. Had he said he'd personally sunk the Bismark or made the charge up San Juan Hill, everybody would only chuckle. This wasn't that.