{"id":2357583,"date":"2024-10-21T15:12:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-swamp-journalists-admit-cluelessness-on-trump-and-maga-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T15:14:21","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T19:14:21","slug":"liberal-media-scream-swamp-journalists-admit-cluelessness-on-trump-and-maga-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liberal-media-scream-swamp-journalists-admit-cluelessness-on-trump-and-maga-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberal Media Scream: \u2018Swamp\u2019 journalists admit cluelessness on Trump and MAGA &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fliberal-media-scream-swamp-journalists-admit-cluelessness-on-trump-and-maga-washington-examiner%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=2357583&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--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> a segment from the &#8220;Liberal\u2062 Media Scream,&#8221; where \u200cnotable political journalists,\u200d including\u200c Max Boot and Jonathan Capehart \u2062from\u2063 *The Washington Post* and Mark Leibovich from *The Atlantic*, express their confusion over the continued support\u200c for Donald Trump among a significant portion of \u200dthe American electorate. They are struggling to comprehend how Trump, whom they \u2064describe in derogatory terms,\u2062 remains a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-530-pm-et-south-dakota-gov-kristi-noem-speaks-at-gop-barbeque-in-michigan\/\" title=\"South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to address GOP Barbeque in Michigan at 5:30 PM ET.\">prominent \u2062political figure<\/a> and a potential candidate for presidency again. <\/p>\n<p>Boot \u200demphasizes his dismay at the realization that a near coin-flip\u2063 chance exists for Trump to regain power, suggesting that it reflects poorly on \u2064the \u200bAmerican populace. Leibovich argues that Trump&#8217;s actions\u200b have exposed a troubling disregard for accountability in politics. The journalists&#8217; conversation highlights a broader concern about the \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/four-dangerous-new-democrat-bills-that-you-probably-havent-heard-of\/\" title=\"Four Dangerous New Democrat Bills That You Probably Haven\u2019t Heard Of\">political landscape<\/a> in the U.S. and the implications of Trump&#8217;s influence on\u200c the future.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Liberal Media Scream: &lsquo;Swamp&rsquo; journalists admit cluelessness on Trump and MAGA<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1841725\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>This week&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3188970\/liberal-media-scream-vance-johnson-hit-media-tds-nitpickers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Liberal Media Scream<\/a> features three of Washington&rsquo;s prominent political correspondents finally admitting just how clueless they are about former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>, whom at least half the nation sees as one of the easiest politicians to understand &mdash; and like.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>We feature the puzzlement of <em>Washington Post<\/em> journalists Max Boot and Jonathan Capehart and the <em>Atlantic&rsquo;s<\/em> Mark Leibovich as they mull <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3197007\/donald-trump-widens-lead-50-47-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump&rsquo;s comeback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;How can we have tens of millions of our fellow citizens think it&rsquo;s OK to elect this delusional maniac as president of the United States? I, you know, I just don&rsquo;t get it,&rdquo; Boot told Capehart, who whined, &ldquo;It is baffling to me as well.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&lsquo;Dismaying&rsquo; That &lsquo;Delusional Maniac&rsquo; Trump Could Win, a &lsquo;Stain On Our History&rsquo;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5POVMkDyWIo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mark Leibovich on MSNBC&rsquo;s <em>Morning Joe<\/em> on Monday<\/span>:<\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;I think the larger stain on our history that we&rsquo;re living through right now is Trump obviously and what he has stood for and what he has gotten away with.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;The idea that Donald Trump has operated within a permission structure of one of our two <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/venezuelas-opposition-held-congress-extends-term-after-disputed-vote\/\" title=\"Venezuela\u2019s opposition-held Congress extends term after disputed vote\">major parties<\/a> to a point where there is just a consequence-free environment for him to operate in is one of the most appalling, I think, takeaways from this era. Obviously, one that portends very, very ominously in case he wins because there&rsquo;s not going to be a check and balance from his own party. They&rsquo;ll operate from a platform where he can do whatever he wants. But, essentially, I mean, these are people who I think will, hopefully, you know, live under a very, very damning verdict of history.<\/em>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Max Boot during Friday&rsquo;s &ldquo;First Look&rdquo; show for <em>Washington Post<\/em> <em>Live<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;To me, what&rsquo;s dismaying is not that Trump is denying reality, that he is depicting the rioters and insurrectionists of Jan. 6 as people engaged in a day of love. It&rsquo;s not that Trump is denying the results of the 2020 election, as is his running mate, J.D. Vance. All of that we&rsquo;ve come to expect by now.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&ldquo;What is dismaying to me, Jonathan, is that despite all of this, Trump is very close to winning the presidency again. It&rsquo;s basically a coin-flip election. We don&rsquo;t know how it&rsquo;s going to go, but simply the fact that it&rsquo;s as close as it is right now is, to me, a terrible commentary on America and a very dismaying, very dismaying augury of our future, that so many Americans seem to be so OK with this. I mean, how is this? How can we have tens of millions of our fellow citizens think it&rsquo;s OK to elect this delusional maniac as president of the United States? I, you know, I just don&rsquo;t get it.<\/em>&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Capehart:<\/strong> <em>&ldquo;Yeah, it is baffling to me as well.&rdquo;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mrc.org\/staff\/brent-baker\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Brent Baker<\/a>, vice president of research and publications for the Media Research Center, explained our weekly pick: &ldquo;What&rsquo;s &lsquo;dismaying,&rsquo; &lsquo;appalling,&rsquo; and a &lsquo;terrible commentary&rsquo; on the state of American journalism is that two veteran journalists with major media institutions have such disdain for half of their fellow citizens. It also portends a dangerous reaction from the media if Trump does indeed win. Instead of dispassionately reporting on how and why he won, they&rsquo;ll be condemning as a &lsquo;stain&rsquo; on the nation those who voted for him.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rating:<\/span> <strong><em>FIVE<\/em> out of <em>FIVE<\/em> Screams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1841725\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1841725\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liberal Media Scream: Journalists confess confusion over Trump and MAGA. 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