AP FACT CHECK: Veracity is a casualty in week of infighting
AP FACT CHECK: Veracity is a casualty in week of infighting
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WASHINGTON — Talk about a team of rivals. This past week wasn't a high point for veracity in Washington. President Donald Trump tormented his own attorney general for days, the White House was rocked by the new communications chief's distinctly unusual way of communicating and the chief of staff was out.
Some wildly off-base assertions flew in these matters.
But truth was stretched in other ways, too.
Perhaps lost in the cover-your-ears din of infighting, Trump made a series of claims about improved services for veterans that are at odds with his government's statistics and the experience of many patients exposed to Department of Veterans Affairs health care.
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By
WASHINGTON — Talk about a team of rivals. This past week wasn't a high point for veracity in Washington. President Donald Trump tormented his own attorney general for days, the White House was rocked by the new communications chief's distinctly unusual way of communicating and the chief of staff was out.
Some wildly off-base assertions flew in these matters.
But truth was stretched in other ways, too.
Perhaps lost in the cover-your-ears din of infighting, Trump made a series of claims about improved services for veterans that are at odds with his government's statistics and the experience of many patients exposed to Department of Veterans Affairs health care.
READ MORE: http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/factcheck/ap...
