An Ugly Business

The mendacity of Donald Trump is without parallel in the history of American presidential politics.  His lies, as tabulated by the Washington Post’s fact checker, number in the thousands.  U.S. truth tellers have become Trump’s favorite targets as Inspectors General, federal judges, intelligence officers, and the nation’s media face constant punishment and harassment from the White House, and the charge of “fake news” has created doubt and cynicism within the American populace.  For these reasons, it is troubling to see the most prominent member of the mainstream media, The New York Times, highlight stories that turn on presidential lies while minimizing the seminal statements of whistleblowers who take great personal and political risk in testifying to the ignorance and corruption of the president of the United States.--MG

The New York Times seems helpless to clean up its act. Big media, more than any other institution in the U.S., helped elect the Orange Dog by normalizing the fascist's entire shtick. Is the Orange Headache still such a moneymaker that the Times remains compelled to prop him up while ignoring the truth?


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