This post is my response to the feeble attempt by The Boston Globe to gain sympathy from the public by asking the country’s newspapers to publish editorials Thursday protesting President Trump’s criticism of the media being “the enemy of the people.”

True journalism died with the media bias against President Trump

I’ve asked myself why I feel compelled to respond here. I’m tired of hearing the whining of the media as victims of an attack on the free press. As a long-time reader of newspapers, I have sadly witnessed their slow death. I sincerely believe that “advocacy journalism,” bias if you will, has caused more than 70 percent of Americans to distrust the media.

Marjorie Pritchard, deputy managing editor for the Globe’s editorial page is behind this self-righteous endeavor, calling on editors across the nation to “educate readers.” She espouses the feeling of the east coast elites who view the “deplorables” in flyover country to be unable to determine the truth in the news.

They seem to think that we are oblivious to the media bias, not only targeting President Trump, but the conservative right. The majority of media contributed to Hillary Clinton’s campaign. And I firmly believe that they were so upset with their failure to get her elected that they chose to turn their sights on delegitimizing the presidency of Donald Trump.

President Trump appropriately believes that the media is not interested in his accomplishments, and while they may not be the enemy of the people, the media certainly appears to have no interest in accurate and complete reporting.

When you read your local newspaper’s plea for victimhood against the president, remember the times that I have reported here about the good news not covered, and validated by the Media Research Center.

NBC’s “Meet the Press” interview of Omarosa Manigault-Newman by host Chuck Todd August 12, 2018 provides an excellent timely example of how the media often fails to give us the full story.

NBC aired Manigault-Newman’s tape of Chief of Staff John Kelly calmly informing her that she was being terminated, causing some to think it was rather curt.

But NBC failed to air Kelly’s following conversation:

“I’m only going to stay for a couple of minutes. These are lawyers. We’re going to talk to you about leaving the White House. It’s come to my attention, over the last few months, that there’s been some pretty, in my opinion, significant integrity issues related to you and use of government vehicles and some other issues. And they’ll, they’ll, they’ll walk you through the legal aspects of this. But there is some, from my view, there’s some money issues and other things, but from my view, the integrity issues are very serious.”

After hearing that tape, Thomas S. Lipscomb, writing Fake News and News Fraud, seems to be questioning NBC’s motive. “Did anyone try to “hold it” at NBC, recalling Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee’s line in “All the President’s Men” – “Now hold it, hold it. We’re about to accuse (Bob) Haldeman, who only happens to be the second most important man in this country, of conducting criminal conspiracy from inside the White House. It would be nice if we were right.”

It was NBC’s responsibility to produce a credible segment, however, they allowed Manigault-Newman to say “The chief of staff, under the direction of the president of the United States, threatened me on damage to my reputation and things getting ugly for me. That’s downright criminal.”

For the record, the Wall Street Journal also failed to include this follow-on from Kelly in its coverage.

The Boston Globe is asking some 300 newspapers to tell you that the future of the free press is at stake, and may even suggest that you ask the president to call off the dogs.

I would ask you to write a letter to your local newspaper, citing your thoughts on their performance as journalists. In fairness, understand that many local newspapers do not have reporters in Washington. They depend on wire services, like the Associated Press, for White House news and syndicated columnists for opinion pieces. They are still responsible for the news and opinions they publish.

My advice to the media: Stop the inward-looking and consider the interests of the American people.

 

          May God bless the United States of America.