The two chyrons CNN led off the 1 p.m. hour with exemplify the pathologies and dysfunction that have allowed Donald Trump to force the media to wear the "fake news" label like a scarlet letter from the moment he descended the escalator three years ago. pic.twitter.com/7FubkjuVtN
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) October 23, 2018
Clearly the memo went out for the MSM to push the "fear and lies" angle. Just look at these headlines from the Washington Post, New York Times, and Toronto Star, respectively. https://t.co/wMGMGFeMYMhttps://t.co/YbgtA7YqW4https://t.co/BowrK4WpEM pic.twitter.com/fBmI9wGR1N
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) October 23, 2018
Here are the opening paragraphs from these stories. From the NYT: "dark and factually baseless" and "unsubstantiated." From WaPo: "laced with falsehoods." From the Star: "False, false, false, false, false, false, false." I think they might be trying to tell us something. pic.twitter.com/DpnmUXfIDr
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) October 23, 2018
And maybe it's true that Trump is running on fear and lies. The problem is that the media has no credibility whatsoever to engage in this sort of moralistic editorializing. It has no standing to make these sorts of judgments. It's too late. Much too late.
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) October 23, 2018
"Fear and lies"? Really? Like Mitt Romney giving people cancer? Or every GOP policy (tax cuts, repealing net neutrality, what have you) killing thousands of people? You mean fear and lies like that? Or did you have something else in mind?
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) October 23, 2018
Here's another one. No surprise the Grauniad is running this play. https://t.co/AiR93BW5AP
— Varad Mehta (@varadmehta) October 23, 2018
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