Martha Raddatz went 0-3 swinging for Trump hate
The article discusses an episode of ABC’s “This Week” hosted by Martha Raddatz, focusing on the media’s reaction to the assassination of Charlie kirk, founder of Turning Point USA. The piece criticizes liberal media for refusing to acknowledge their role in national division and instead trying to blame former President Donald Trump for political violence associated with the Left.
During the show, Raddatz questioned three politicians-Governor Spencer Cox (R-UT), Governor Jared Polis (D-CO), and Senator John Curtis (R-UT)-pressuring them to denounce Trump for blaming “the radical Left” for kirk’s assassination. Though, all three declined to criticize Trump, leading the article to label Raddatz’s efforts as unsuccessful (“0-3 swinging”) and naming it a “Liberal media Scream.”
Brent Baker from the Media Research Center is quoted, suggesting that Raddatz had an agenda to get guests to condemn Trump and proposing that a more relevant inquiry would have been why more attention isn’t directed toward the real threats of political violence instead of focusing on Trump’s words. The article concludes by rating this media episode four out of five on their “scream” scale, highlighting it as an example of biased media behavior.
Martha Raddatz went 0-3 swinging for Trump hate: Liberal Media Scream
In the fallout of the assassination of youthful Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, there has been the liberal media’s refusal to accept its role in dividing the nation, as it instead tries to blame President Donald Trump for the Left’s political violence.
Martha Raddatz led the way while hosting ABC’s This Week on Sunday. She had one thing top of mind: get one or more of the three elected officials she had on as guests to denounce Trump for blaming the assassination of Charlie Kirk on “the radical Left.”
First up, Gov. Spencer Cox (R-UT) was asked, “What’s your reaction to that? Is that something you think he should be doing?” Next was Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO), who was quizzed with, “Is that the message you believe he should be putting out?” And finally, Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) was pressed, “Is that the right thing to do? Or what do you wish he was saying?”
Raddatz struck out, going 0-3, and is our pick for the weekly Liberal Media Scream.
Three questions from Martha Raddatz on Sunday’s This Week on ABC:
To Cox:
“You immediately talked about Democrats who had been targeted. President Trump said nothing about the political violence against Democrats. In fact, he blamed ‘the radical Left.’ What’s your reaction to that? Is that something you think he should be doing?”
To Polis:
“You heard Gov. Cox. He did not, clearly did not want to criticize President Trump at this time, and Charlie Kirk was a good friend of President Trump and his family, but he has pointed the finger at what he calls ‘the radical Left.’ Is that the message you believe he should be putting out?”
To Curtis:
“A lot of people, certainly a lot of Republicans, a lot of people are listening to President Trump, and you’ve heard me talk about it earlier in the show. But several Republican lawmakers, prominent conservatives, including President Trump’s sons, Don Jr. and Eric, as well as President Trump, have blamed this on ‘the radical Left.’ Is that the right thing to do? Or what do you wish he was saying?”
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Brent Baker, the Steven P.J. Wood senior fellow and vice president for research and publications at the Media Research Center, explained our pick: “Martha Raddatz certainly seems to have had an agenda on Sunday: Get one or more of her guests to denounce President Trump for daring to blame ‘the radical Left’ for the assassination of Charlie Kirk. But isn’t that a reasonable supposition? Maybe a better area for her to have explored with her guests would have been why hasn’t there been more focus on that threat than the words used by a president who had just lost a friend to political violence?”
Rating: FOUR out of FIVE screams.
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