The
Star, 14 July
2018:
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There’s a lot of
dishonesty: Of all the words Trump said and tweeted as president as of
July 1, 5.1 per cent were part of a false claim.
Expressed differently: Trump uttered a false word every 19.4 words.
Expressed differently: Trump uttered a false word every 19.4 words.
Trump’s dishonesty
density is increasing: The issue isn’t just that he’s talking more these days.
It’s that what he’s saying is less truthful.
In weeks that started in
2017, 3.8 per cent of Trump’s words were part of a false claim. In 2018, it’s
7.3 per cent.
Expressed differently: in 2017, Trump said about 26 words for every one false word. In 2018, it’s down to about 14 words per one false word.
The analysis assessed
the first 30,000 words each president spoke in office, and ranked
them on the Flesch-Kincaid grade level scale and more than two dozen other
common tests analyzing English-language difficulty levels. Trump clocked in
around mid-fourth grade, the worst since Harry Truman, who spoke at nearly a
sixth-grade level.
Expressed differently: in 2017, Trump said about 26 words for every one false word. In 2018, it’s down to about 14 words per one false word.
Newsweek, 8 January 2018:
President Donald
Trump—who boasted over the weekend that his success in life was a result of
“being, like, really smart”—communicates at the lowest grade level of the last
15 presidents, according to a new analysis of the speech patterns of
presidents going back to Herbert Hoover.
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