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Letting Trump's Words Speak for Themselves

The Washington Post ran Trump's rambling response to a question verbatim. It was brilliant.

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Covering Donald Trump has always been a bit like trying to nail Jell-O to a wall. His rambling, often nonsensical answers to straightforward questions present a challenge for journalists: How do you report on what he says without inadvertently making it sound more coherent than it is? Too often, the media falls into the trap of "sanewashing"—editing his…

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