Posted on 02/23/2016 3:20:57 PM PST by governsleastgovernsbest
Let he who is without sin . . . throw the first punch? Today's With All Due Respect rapped the MSM for its extensive coverage of Donald Trump having said of an unruly protester "[I'd] like to punch him in the face." Lamented John Heilemann: "cable news is so often so crazily dumb."
Just one problem. Before Heilemann and Halperin bemoaned the MSM's excessive coverage of the line . . . they opened the show by playing in its entirety the clip of Trump's pugilistic proclivity! Hypocrisy, anyone? Their point was that the media's fascination with Trump's antics makes it hard for the other candidates to get their messages out. Fair enough. But they could have done so by briefly describing the "punch" remark. By playing it in full, WADR fell prey to the same temptation they were condemning in others.
View the video here.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Halperin/Heilemann play Trump’s “punch in the face” remark, then criticize MSM for playing Trump’s “punch in the face remark.”
Hypocrisy ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.
I watched this and I think the media really does focus on the wrong things. Trump was clearly having fun with the crowd. They seem to not get that people are tired of the robotic approach to politics. One of the reasons why Obama beat Clinton
Trump said he wanted to punch a protester in the face, and this is bad... why?
My whole life I will struggle to understand how fragile liberal sensibilities work.
Anyone who’s ever been someplace where some idiot starts acting out has wanted to “punch them in the face”. Even libs!
Who said such language wasn’t presidential? Really? You know a President has used the same language right?
I recall Obama saying he want his supporters to punch ppl twice as hard
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