Journalists are playing into Trump’s hand

The Washington Post ^ | August 3, 2018 | Dana Milbank

[2ndDivisionVet]

A question to my colleagues in the media: Why do we play President Trump’s foil?

The scene in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Thursday night was familiar: journalists on an elevated platform in the middle of the arena, penned in, filming the proceedings and typing on their laptops while the president of the United States points at them and provokes thousands of people to boo them, jeer them, taunt them and chant (“CNN sucks!”).

By my count, the president attacked the press — what he calls “the enemy of the American people” — no fewer than 21 times during his 75-minute speech, accusing them of fakery and conspiracy to suppress his voters.

“Oh my God, what fake news!”

“Only negative stories from the fakers back there.”

“What a group!”

“Whatever happened to honest reporting?”

“They don’t report it. They only make up stories.”

“They are the fake, fake, disgusting news!”

“They were giving you phony numbers.”

“Why don’t you report that?”

“These people back here, these horrible, horrendous people.”(continued)

[M Kehoe]

CNN sucks, CNN sucks, CNN sucks...

5.56mm

[pabianice]

Oh, boo hoo, Dana. Call the whaaaambulance!

[gogeo]

By my count, the president attacked the press — what he calls “the enemy of the American people” — no fewer than 21 times during his 75-minute speech, accusing them of fakery and conspiracy to suppress his voters.

Soooo...he was having an off night?