In the past couple of years, newsrooms have relied increasingly on the phrase “without evidence” for headlines regarding something false or misleading said by President Trump or someone in his circle.

On Nov. 11, for example, NBC News published a story titled, “Republicans claim, without evidence, Florida seats being stolen as top Democrat pushes back.” One day earlier, on Nov. 10, NPR published a report titled, “Key Races Still Undecided; Trump Calls Fraud Without Evidence.”