Bias? No, these TV journalists can no longer bear to pretend Trump’s people are saying anything resembling the truth and are annoyed they have to put them on air essentially to lie to the American people.

For those not yet learned in the ways of spin disdain, there are a number of ways to go.

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1. There is the approach where one confronts a spinner making a ridiculous assertion by reminding the spinner of Trump’s own words. (“You know he has repeatedly made comments about women ― about their looks, their size, their weight, even in this campaign,” Megyn Kelly scolded Conway.)

2. One can undermine the attempt to normalize Trump’s behavior. Tapper told Giuliani on Trump’s remarks on “Access Hollywood” this kind of talk is not commonplace: “I have never said that, I have never done that. I’m happy to throw a stone. I’ve been in locker rooms, I’ve been a member of a fraternity. I have never heard any man ever brag about being able to maul women because they get away with it. Never.”

3. Some prefer “Do you actually believe that . . . ?”

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4. Sometimes the tone of incredulity and facial expressions say it all.

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The problem is that CNN has hired equally ludicrous people such as Corey Lewandowski and Jeffrey Lord to go on air for their “commentary.” Frankly, they should treat these people just as they handle Trump’s official surrogates. Let the TV execs explain why they hired liars and scoundrels and bestowed their network’s air of legitimacy on them.

The actual Fox News journalists have a different issue. Some of the network’s stars are adjuncts of the Trump campaign. They spew the nonsense directly, serve up softballs for Trump to spew nonsense and have on as guests only Trumpkins (e.g., Rudy Giuliani) who spew nonsense.

Aside from imploring their bosses to spin off these fake new shows to Fox’s entertainment division and remove the “Fox News” logo, Fox journalists can do three things: 1) They must absolutely refuse to go on these shows; 2) They must not treat the statements the fake news people make as newsworthy (There is a revolt in the House, Sean Hannity); 3) They should report on the false, crazy and horrible things Trump, Mike Pence and Trump staffers say on Hannity’s and Bill O’Reilly’s shows, making clear these were gross errors. (The audience will soon figure out this is a rebuke to the fake news people.) One does feel for the real Fox journalists who get lumped in with their ludicrous nighttime colleagues. Perhaps Chris Wallace’s outstanding moderating performance at the third debate will remind Fox it has a journalistic reputation to defend.