I listen to right-wing radio so you don’t have to. My “favorites” are Clay Travis and Buck Sexton — the two MAGA bros that took Rush Limbaugh’s place five years ago. They’re on 550 iHeart Media stations and boast an audience of 6.7 million per month!

I tune in several times a week, and rarely do I like what I hear. So, I was shocked last week when Buck Sexton said this about Trump’s July 16 claim that China paid US journalists to write negative things about him (at the 4:05 mark of this clip):

“Ok. Who? I want to know who. If you’re telling me there are journalists who received money in order to write negative stories … if you have this information, let’s know this information.”

Sexton is asking a question no one in Trump’s inner circle wants anyone to ask — especially a prominent ally of the administration.

Because it’s a lie. Trump didn’t name a single US journalist paid by China. Why? Because there are none. Zero. Continue Reading →