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#HowLiarsWin – a thread about @AriMelber’s @MSNBC interview with @PeterNavarro. I’m an Ari fan. I admire the diligence and prep that clearly went into this. He has been rightly praised for holding Navarro’s feet to the fire, eliciting a “quiet part out loud” coup confession 1/11 
But in the spirit of a discussion of #journalism, I believe this was – as live interviews with liars almost invariably are – a failure, and a disservice to the public. So let’s - as Warner Wolf used to say – go to the videotape: 2/11
In the 11+ minute live interview, Navarro got 6 minutes of uninterrupted airtime, and used it to successfully advance an array of lies. At the end Melber himself acknowledged what was plain to see: “I can’t fact check everything in real time.” 3/11
