A Guided Tour of the ‘Alt-Right,’ by the Trump Campaign Chief’s Website
Rather than giving one definition of the alt-right, Breitbart News chooses to describe it piece by piece. Let’s put the pieces together and see what kind of picture it makes.
Trump’s Bigotry Reminds US Media of Anywhere but Home
The first instinct of many in the US press and political class is to treat Trump as if he’s some foreign entity, an exotic outsider who can only be referenced with regard to Less Civilized Countries.
To Lump Him With Trump, Zakaria Lies About Sanders on Brexit
One of the more urgent tasks for the Serious Person Club of late is lumping Sanders and Trump together in an effort to discredit the former and apologize for the latter. Thursday in the Washington Post, Fareed Zakaria attempted to do just that.
Depoliticizing Anti-Trump Protests Plays Into Right-Wing Narrative
Much coverage of anti-Trump protests in San Jose by liberal outlets also wound up depoliticizing the violence except as an attack on cherished American values, just like the right.
Press Can’t Get Enough of You-Know-Who Dumping on Them
Trump’s constituency is largely thought to believe that the media, in general, has a liberal bias. As a result, the details of Trump’s lack of transparency, for several months—in regards to his veterans’ fundraiser—ended up being used by him to manipulate the media into making him sounding caring and patriotic, while portraying the media as nitpicking and disreputable.
Conventional Denial: Pundits were confident Trump was never, ever, ever getting nominated
These experts, it would seem, were wrong about Donald Trump winning the Republican nomination—and confidently, arrogantly, condescendingly so. But as noted by Glenn Greenwald and Zaid Jilani, who corralled many examples for The Intercept, they will pay absolutely no price for it.
Media Love to Criticize Trump—When It Helps Disparage US Enemies
Clearly, there is much to criticize about Donald Trump, and there are negative things you can say about Castro, Putin, and Maduro. But these stories aren’t really about any of these politicians.
The Trump Campaign: Bad for America, but Good for CBS
A broadcaster cheers on the electoral “circus” (“bring it on, Donald, go ahead, keep going”) that he acknowledges “may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS,”
As Much as Media Would Like Them to, Trump’s Supporters Are Unlikely to Evaporate
The people who are most enthusiastically behind Trump have real problems with real consequences; they’re not likely to forget about them because Ted Cruz had a better get-out-the-vote operation in Iowa.
Holding a ‘Go Donald!’ Media Accountable for ‘Normalizing Extremism’
Reporters can’t ignore public figures, but is there daylight between covering news of a person and providing them a near-constant, legitimizing megaphone?
Trump Amazes WaPo Columnist by Drawing 60% Fewer People Than Sanders
The Washington Post hypes the “MASSIVE” turnout for Trump a month before the primary, though it’s not even half the size of the crowd Bernie Sanders attracted in the same general area three months ago.
Weirdly, Trump Is as Blase About Russia Killing Journalists as He Is About US Killing Journalists
It’s easy to get outraged by the crimes of official enemies, and to forget or to justify the crimes of the state you identify with. What really sets Trump apart is that he seems lackadaisical about both types of crimes.
Friedman Goes After Trump: Hey, Massive Bombing Was MY Idea!
Where could Donald Trump have gotten the idea that his “infantile threats of massive bombing” would be taken seriously as foreign policy proposals? Maybe he reads Thomas Friedman’s column.
Soundbites December 2015
African-American Deaths Literally Off the Chart; How Many Protesters Gunned Down? You Do the Math; From Hoax to Fox to Trump to NBC; Sanders: ‘Let Me Say Something About Media’–Media: ‘No’; Don’t Know Much About Recent History
Media Don’t Call Trump on Claim to Have Opposed Iraq Invasion ‘Back in 2004’
Donald Trump has claimed many, many times that he opposed the 2003 US invasion of Iraq in real time. Funny that Huffington Post’s Michael Calderone couldn’t find any evidence of this.
Corporate Press Fails to Trump Bigotry
The outlandish rhetoric of Republican presidential wildcard Donald Trump has left many journalists at a loss for words—words such as bigotry, xenophobia, racism, sexism and demagoguery.
Two Candidates Surge in 2016 Polling—but Only Trump, Not Sanders, Fascinates Media
Two dark horse candidates opposed by party insiders began a substantial surge in campaign polls around the beginning of July. Yet corporate media show a fascination with just one of these characters.
Explaining Donald Trump’s Rise With Economic Misinformation
Many have also heard the explanation that Trump appeals to those who feel left behind by the economy. Unfortunately, the way the media often tell this story has little to do with reality.
At NY Observer, Trump’s Too Close to Cover—but Promoting Publisher’s Real Estate Is No Problem
The weekly New York Observer grapples with the ethical dilemma posed by the fact that its owner and publisher is married to the daughter of Donald Trump. But the paper does not seem to have much concern about conflict of interest when it comes to the publisher’s real estate investments.
Ignoring Trump’s Record of Racism
Donald Trump’s efforts to delegitimize Barack Obama by suggesting he’s not a native-born citizen, and questioning his qualifications for admissions to Columbia University and Harvard Law School, have drawn fire from prominent media figures like MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell (FAIR Blog, 4/29/11), CBS News anchor Bob Schieffer (CBS Evening News, 4/27/11) and even David Letterman […]
