A handy recap of Trump's first two weeks as president.

While standing before a memorial at the agency, he argued over the crowd size at his inauguration, making false assertions which run counter to aerial photos of the event and NPR's own reporters on the ground.

I don't get this slavish need of the media to invent terms to avoid calling a lie a lie.

I agree. Some outlets are getting bolder about this, but I think among established, professional organizations there's a certain protocol they follow out of habit. Calling it a lie is an assumption of intent- to willfully deceive. And while there's really no doubt that's what's happening with these statements, media's skittishness probably reflects an ingrained intent to at least appear unbiased. Problem is, if you've got respected outlets like NPR or BBC outright calling the president a liar, that gives ammunition to his supporters and lackeys to dismiss them as biased.

I like that they're add the [roof, though. To me, just saying 'liar' isn't as strong as saying 'he said Z, which is counter to all the evidence such as MM'. It would be nice to see 'liar' occasionally, but I like the inclusion of the truth as a counter-point.