Originally posted by Starlight
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If people want to really blow up one figure here or one word there, I would argue that they’re missing the forest for the trees. I think that there’s a lot of people more concerned about being precisely, factually, and semantically correct than about being morally right.
It was in response to criticism about her "misstating some statistics about Pentagon spending" At that was where she stopped. At this point Anderson Cooper pressed her, saying "But being factually correct is important."
Only then did she tack on the rest
It’s absolutely important. And whenever I make a mistake. I say, “OK, this was clumsy.” and then I restate what my point was. But it’s— it’s not the same thing as— as the President lying about immigrants. It’s not the same thing, at all.
CNN, which has largely been pretty friendly in their coverage of her, castigated this response. Chris Cillizza, CNN Politics Reporter and Editor-at-Large, declared "Here’s the thing: Being factually accurate and morally right isn’t an either/or situation. You can do both!"
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