POLITICOAug 28, 2023

#GOP presidential candidates are blaming President #Biden’s clean energy policies for the rise in #gas prices. But U.S. #oil production — already the highest in the world — is on track to set a new record this year, showing once again that a global market drives the fuel prices that shape presidents’ political futures.

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/28/republicans-gas-prices-oil-production-00111626

The U.S. is pumping oil faster than ever. Republicans don't care.

GOP presidential candidates are blaming pump prices on President Joe Biden’s clean energy policies, even though the U.S. is churning out record amounts of oil.

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@politico

To refute lies:

Always LEAD WITH THE TRUTH, not the lies.

DO **NOT** put the lies FIRST in your tweets, headlines, and/or articles.

Giving lies primacy, gives them validity.

Give truth primacy, not lies.

https://www.vox.com/2018/11/15/18047360/trump-lies-media-strategy-george-lakoff

#LeadWithTheTruth
#LedeWithTheTruth (<for the journalists)
#Journalism #Journalists

Trump State of the Union speech 2019: How the media should respond to his lies

A linguist explains how Trump uses lies to divert attention from the “big truths.”

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Aug 28, 2023 at 11:48pmWeb