Trump accuses media of wanting economy shuttered to damage him

Fox News ^ | March 26 2020 | Howard Kurtz

[knighthawk]

In his bitter, five-year battle with the media, I’m not sure President Trump has ever leveled a more serious charge than he is making right now.

He’s turned “fake news” into an indelible slogan. He has called such news “the enemy of the people.” He has suggested that some journalists are traitors. And look, all kinds of media people have said all kinds of terrible things about the president, so there is deep hostility on both sides.

But I was still taken aback, in the midst of this virus crisis, when Trump tweeted this the other day:

[Oshkalaboomboom]

“The LameStream Media is the dominant force in trying to get me to keep our Country closed as long as possible in the hope that it will be detrimental to my election success.”

What's inaccurate about that? Eff off, Howie.

[dainbramaged]

President Trump is 100% correct - again.

[Helicondelta]

[NTHockey]

So, what exactly is he complaining about? The idea that the media want the economy to tank in order to beat President Trump up OR that he called them out.

Either way, he was correct.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

Howie...that is because you you are nothing but a Democrat Lap Dog, and a low life, butt wipe. End of story...Case Closed!!!

[Bubba_Leroy]

[PsyCon]

Howard is “shocked, shocked’

[JediJones]

Absolutely, this is why Cuomo’s remarks about “getting people back to work” today were not turned into ANY news headlines that I could find earlier this evening except by FOX, NY Post, Breitbart and Daily Mail (the latter of which can actually be objective on U.S. politics because they don’t understand anything this nuanced about it).

The liberal media is suppressing this remarks because they know that the good economy was going to ensure Trump’s reelection. It may be a longshot chance, but the only chance they have is to grind the economy to a halt anyway they can.

[no-to-illegals]

demons hate a person that tells the truth.

[rb22982]

It’ll be way higher this week

[SmokingJoe]

[desertfreedom765]

Takes away their power.

[lapsus calami]

 

 

I've seen the agitprop ramp up - when POTUS said it'd be nice to get the national emergency to start winding down by Easter, they started harping about "the Easter deadline", which is not what he said. Then when it was revealed that the hype is worse than the bite and plans are in the works to back off DefCon 1 it was like a switch was flipped - they were howling about the 'deadly pandemic that is sweeping the nation' on every channel and highlighting any death allegedly from coronavirus. They want the stink to be on POTUS some kind of bad.

 

 

[Migraine]

Howard should go ahead and whine his ass off. He is wrong. Yeah, the media is getting more than what it bargained for; but to suggest that now, with EVERYBODY SUFFERING, the media has converted to being pro-America, pro-success, is to forget everything that is real here. They want him gone, and if it takes a few more months of shutdown, so be it — that is their position. And that is how they’ll play it, regardless of “being in it together”.

[no-to-illegals]

The lamestream media and china ....... two peas in a pod

[Paladin2]

Did the LSM prove him wrong?

Didn’t think so....

[lepton]

but to suggest that now, with EVERYBODY SUFFERING, the media has converted to being pro-America, pro-success, is to forget everything that is real here.

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Just listed to the idiot irrelevant gotcha questions during his press conferences.

[newnhdad]

Not an accusation, it’s a fact.

[enumerated]

“But I was still taken aback...”

Then you are complicit, Howie. FU