[jasonlotito]

I've heard this referred to as sanewashing. You really started noticing this with Trump. Compare what he literally says to what he's quoted as saying. He likes to rail against MSM, but man, they do a lot of heavy lifting, making it seem like what he says is remotely sane.

[noir_lord]

They often edit his speeches for brevity because they don't have time in a news report to post the full hour long ramble of tangents off tangents off tangents even doing that makes his speeches seem considerably more coherent than they actually are if you watch the whole thing.

[kcplate]

You mean like the BBC? I mean that brevity edit removed 35 minutes between two sentences? This is the latest but not the only example media creating quotes that were never said.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckgzkyk7knzo

Frankly, I’d greatly refer media to leave the speeches unedited. Media does not need to be crafting narratives. Whatever Trump is, if you are selectively editing his words or pulling quotes out context intentionally to create the appearance that he said something that he didn’t…you are worse than he is.

[jasonlotito]

That's sanewashing. It makes a rapist sound much smarter than he really is for the sake of his cult.