Mass media has another try to take down President Trump
The mass media has again become the media massed against Trump The mass media’s incessant baying for Trump’s blood since his election victory in 2016 helps explain why the latest Gallup poll shows 59% of Americans remain largely mistrustful of the mass media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly.” Gallup shows that only 13% trust the mass media “a great deal,” and 28% “a fair amount”. This is a shocking indictment of the mass media’s failure to be accurate and fair. The New York Times treatment of “the complaint filed by an intelligence officer about President Trump’s interactions with the leader of Ukraine” is the latest example. Five sentences in the complaint have been highlighted and annotations added by the New York Times—but the very first sentence was not: “I am reporting an “urgent concern” in accordance with the procedures outlined in 50 U.S.C. §3033(k)(5)(A).” This section reads: ”(5)(A) An employee ...