I read this story in the Washington Post just now on the 18,000 false or misleading claims made by President Trump in 1,170 days and I wanted to share it with you.

This is not to suggest that elected officials of all stripes don’t bend the facts as they see fit from time-to-time  to make themselves look better. I would submit, however, that this President’s history of bald-faced lies is, to use a word that’s being tossed around a million times a day, unprecedented.

President Trump made 18,000 false or misleading claims in 1,170 days

This in-depth examination of truth versus lies illustrates some very cool trends in digital news reporting.  I want to draw your attention to the videos in this story and the jobs that go along with producing this content: fact checkers, graphic artists, video editors —along with researchers, editors, photographers, animators—a whole host of jobs that exist in what once was a “traditional” newsroom. If you click on the link that takes you to the “jump page” “The false claims Trump keeps repeating,” note the way the interactive graphic works. Consider the art work that went behind creating that graphic.

I think this should make us excited about the way journalism is evolving. To be sure, jobs are on the decline and we don’t know how this health crisis and the accompanying economic downfall will yield permanent change, but we do know the need for truthful reporting has never been more important.

You can earn five extra-credit points if you comment on this story, or reply to a classmate’s thoughts. Comment period closes April 19th at midnight. Get ’em while you can.