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Wolff needs disclaimer

Tue., Jan. 16, 2018

Regarding the Michael Wolff book on President Trump. This is a rendition of the author’s comments as taken in an interview:

“Several of his sources, he says, were definitely lying to him, while some offered accounts that flatly contradicted those of others. But some were nonetheless included in the vivid account of the West Wing’s workings, in a process Wolff describes as ‘allowing the reader to judge’ whether the sources’ claims are true.”

The left will say or do anything to get their way, like spoiled children. Why didn’t The Spokesman-Review print this disclaimer by the author in the lead of their articles on this topic? Not doing so amounts to providing readers with half-truths, and a half-truth is nothing more than a lie.

Kathy Pauley

Spokane Valley

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