“I am … the truth” (John 14:6)
Our president, as everyone knows, generously applies the term “FAKE NEWS” to stories and even entire news outlets. In a tweet last month, he helpfully defined “fake news” to mean not “reporting that is factually incorrect,” but rather “reporting that is negative” towards his presidency.
I actually appreciate this. Everyone tends to discount or disregard unfavorable truths, but not very many people have the candor to admit that this is in fact what they’re doing. The president understands that the categories “I don’t like this” and “This is false” are distinct but difficult to keep distinct. Our minds constantly transmute the former into the latter.