In the Times’ latest attempt to “talk down” chloroquine, the journalists' ill-will to President Trump is on steroids. The article, entitled “Trump’s Aggressive Advocacy of Malaria Drug for Treating Coronavirus Divides Medical Community,” hauls out all of the usual critiques, including Dr. Fauci’s urging caution, Dr. Vladimir Zelenko’s being “a hit on conservative media,” the fact that Zelenko was born in Ukraine, and the Zelenko-Giuliani connection (cue the ominous music). Those criticisms, though, are getting stale, so this time around, the Times threw in something new: It hinted that Trump and his cronies are about to get rich off of...
