{"id":1968778,"date":"2023-07-10T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-10T20:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/handling-trump-media-coverage-an-answer-for-media-dummies\/"},"modified":"2023-07-10T16:06:49","modified_gmt":"2023-07-10T20:06:49","slug":"handling-trump-media-coverage-an-answer-for-media-dummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/handling-trump-media-coverage-an-answer-for-media-dummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Dealing with Trump Media Coverage: A Solution for Media Novices"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhandling-trump-media-coverage-an-answer-for-media-dummies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1968778&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>What Will It Take for Coverage of Donald Trump to Improve?<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Washington Post media writer Erik Wemple, who uses a headshot that appears to be about twelve years old, received <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/07\/10\/erik-wemple-media-qa\/#link-807785ded3c5432baa39a9e1e577d11d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a timely question<\/a> from a reader named Jon. As we head further into the 2024 campaign, he asked: \u201cWhat is it going to take for coverage of [Donald Trump] to stop falling into the same mistakes?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wemple gave a superficial answer about cable news being too driven by a \u201cratings contest,\u201d which completely missed the point of the question, so let me help this poor guy out by answering it myself.<\/p>\n<h3>Defining the Mistakes<\/h3>\n<p>First, Jon, we\u2019d need to define \u201cmistakes.\u201d Because in your question, you actually credit Wemple for having \u201cprovided on-target descriptions and prescriptions\u201d for the media\u2019s Trump coverage, I\u2019ll assume you generally mean something like \u201cinterviewing a former president, who is running for president again, on live national television.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wemple had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2023\/05\/10\/cnn-trump-town-hall-lies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously written<\/a> that such an event, like the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/05\/11\/cnns-amazing-trump-town-hall-was-the-result-of-the-medias-own-suicidal-anti-american-mission\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrat-beto-orourke-says-critical-race-theory-should-not-be-taught-in-schools\/\" title=\"Democrat 'Beto' O'Rourke Says Critical Race Theory Should Not Be Taught in Schools\">town hall-style event<\/a><\/a> that CNN hosted earlier this year, fails at \u201cproviding viewers with a comprehensive inventory of true and false claims.\u201d In other words, a live interview with Trump doesn\u2019t allow for the host to interrupt him every two seconds with a \u201cFACT CHECK! YOU ARE WRONG, MR. PRESIDENT! HAVE YOU NO SHAME, SIR?!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s a \u201cmistake\u201d to interview a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kenyan-ministers-rally-around-metas-facebook-after-watchdogs-ultimatum\/\" title=\"Kenyan ministers rally around Meta\u2019s Facebook after watchdog\u2019s ultimatum\">leading presidential candidate<\/a> in front of a live audience, then the answer, Jon, is not that there are mistakes to be corrected. It\u2019s that you are an anti-American fascist with no hope for saving. And because of people like you and Wemple, the media can\u2019t be trusted for one second to accurately and honestly relay any information about the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s why live events are now considered \u201cmistakes\u201d by the likes of Jon and Wemple \u2014 because they don\u2019t get to be the ones to tell you what happened, as colored by their own opinions and preferences. They don\u2019t get to say that \u201cTrump lied all night\u201d until after the fact when voters have already been given a chance to make up their own minds.<\/p>\n<p>In that sense, the \u201cmistake,\u201d by extension, is leaving <em>anything<\/em> up to voters at all. If it\u2019s a professional failure for the media to trust their audiences in an election, then the mission isn\u2019t to deliver news and information but to push in favor or against a potential outcome.<\/p>\n<h3>Double Standards<\/h3>\n<p>President Biden lies all the time. In his telling of events, everyone under his economy is rich and driving fun EVs. In reality, wages <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/06\/29\/us-economy-wage-growth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">are flat<\/a>, inflation has <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/01\/13\/biden-media-taunt-struggling-americans-by-insisting-6-5-inflation-is-a-good-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">surged<\/a> for nearly two years (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/handling-trump-media-coverage-an-answer-for-media-dummies\/\" title=\"Dealing with Trump Media Coverage: A Solution for Media Novices\">meaning middle-income earners<\/a> are poorer), and the billions in taxpayer dollars Biden just dumped on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-climate-agenda-wont-replace-jobs-it-seeks-to-kill-separate-ap-wapo-fact-checks-suggest\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Climate Agenda Won\u2019t Replace Jobs It Seeks To Kill, Separate AP, WaPo Fact-Checks Suggest\">electric vehicle manufacturing<\/a> has proven the whole thing to be <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/29\/electric-cars-are-an-expensive-scam\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a giant scam<\/a>. He also <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/21\/hunter-biden-plea-deal-is-a-tragedy-about-a-troubled-life-kidding-its-about-the-trashy-bidens-and-the-corrupt-doj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">denies the existence<\/a> of his grandchild and parades his lowlife, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/07\/06\/white-house-voodoo-doll-karine-jean-pierre-is-oddly-evasive-about-the-cocaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">drug-addicted son<\/a> around the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, neither Jon nor anyone in the media thinks it would be a catastrophic mistake to host a live interview with a president, also running for a second term, who so readily lies.<\/p>\n<h3>The Media&#8217;s Mission<\/h3>\n<p>The answer to your question, Jon, is that you would like the media to further cement its opposition to half of the country\u2019s voters. They can certainly do that and probably will. But don\u2019t mistake it for \u201cnews.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington Post&#8217;s Erik Wemple, sporting an outdated headshot, was recently asked by reader Jon about the recurring errors in Donald Trump&#8217;s coverage. 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