The technique of reporting the same casualties over several consecutive days has been noted by quite a few people. There is no lying involved: if you get into the story, they accurately mention the date of the casualties. But if you just skim headlines each day, you get the distinct impression that someone was killed each of those days.
That being said, I don't think it's deliberate. I have noticed that many stories are rehashed and updated on the line services as other information comes in, and I suppose to some extent other news outlets do the same. How many days did the headline "Earthquake in California" show up?
Donald doesn't do this. As far as I can tell, he reports each casualty only once.
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- I can't believe they're desperate enough to rehash this one
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