Seems to me that nearly every network spread the collusion story, that turned out to be complete horseshit, for years, and President Trump’s discrediting of them was totally justifiable. If every “journalist” that put up false stories on Twitter got banned, there’d be nobody left. Actually, that would be a good thing.
Originally Posted by Jacuzzme
Spread the collusion story? They reported on the proceedings. That's not putting up a false story. Funny how out of all the media, he never tried to discredit Fox until they finally reported something bad about him. He only tried to discredit media when they told the obvious pathetic truths about him.
Early on in covid, at a time when the case fatality rate was around 3%, and people were rightfully afraid, I vividly remember this from a press conference:
Reporter: "What do you have to say to the American people who are afraid?"
Trump: "That's a nasty question."
Far from nasty, it was a softball question. Right down the middle. A chance to hit a home run. Obama, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Reagan, Carter... all would have had something good to say to that. Trump doesn't respect the first amendment. As president he routinely tried to discredit the media like it was his job.