{"id":2580800,"date":"2026-03-17T10:45:02","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-reflexively-oppose-anything-good-for-trump-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:47:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:47:37","slug":"media-reflexively-oppose-anything-good-for-trump-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-reflexively-oppose-anything-good-for-trump-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Media &#8216;reflexively&#8217; oppose anything good for Trump: Joe Concha"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fmedia-reflexively-oppose-anything-good-for-trump-joe-concha%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=2580800&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>A Washington Examiner piece by Joe Concha argues that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">legacy media<\/a> reflexively opposes anything that is perceived as good for Trump or the country, biasing coverage to portray Trump unfavorably while downplaying or twisting positive developments.<\/p>\n<p>Key points:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Concha claims CNN and MSNBC have repeatedly corrected or apologized for coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-on-irans-impact-on-midterm-elections-will-depend-on-success\/\" title=\"&#039;Everything&#039; on ...&#039;s impact on midterm elections will depend on success\">iran-related events<\/a> and other incidents, suggesting persistent media bias.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He asserts that former Obama adviser Ben Rhodes advised giving millions to Iran to fuel its nuclear ambitions, framing this as an example of biased coverage or influence.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He argues that the press tends to exaggerate negative aspects of Trump\u2019s actions and downplay or omit positive ones, even in <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >situations involving national security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Concha quotes criticism of CNN\u2019s reporting on events like the New York City <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-why-president-biden-just-made-the-next-9-11-more-likely\/\" title=\"OPINION: Why President Biden Just Made The Next 9\/11 More Likely\">bombing attempt<\/a>, calling the coverage \u201cpathetic\u201d and noting apologies from anchors for mischaracterizations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; He cites calls from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr for broadcasters to \u201ccorrect course\u201d on Iran coverage, warning that failure to do so could jeopardize licenses and influence politics ahead of the 2026 elections.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece also notes Pro-Trump media claims that Democrats and their media allies would align with controversial stances,using examples like reactions to the Iran situation and other political narratives.  <\/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\">Legacy media will &lsquo;reflexively&rsquo; oppose anything good for Trump or US: Joe Concha<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2534311\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><em>Washington Examiner<\/em> columnist <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/joe-concha\/\">Joe Concha<\/a> rebuffed CNN and MS Now&rsquo;s coverage of U.S. strikes against Iran in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4492144\/news-coverage-distorting-success-guy-benson\/\">Operation Epic Fury<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Concha recalled how <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4491147\/cnn-amplifying-iran-regime-joe-concha\/\">CNN<\/a> had issued &ldquo;multiple&rdquo; corrections and apologies for its coverage on various events, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4487837\/pathetic-cnn-media-attempt-cover-islamic-extremists-joe-concha\/\">including the bombing attempt<\/a> outside New York City Mayor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/4492813\/zohran-mamdani-redefines-rich-massive-tax-increase-proposal\/\">Zohran Mamdani&rsquo;s<\/a> mansion. He added that MS Now&rsquo;s Ben Rhodes had advised former President Barack Obama to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-privately-tells-democrats-that-minimum-wage-hike-is-dead\/\" title=\"Biden Privately Tells ... That Minimum Wage Hike Is \u2018Dead\u2019\">give millions<\/a> to Iran&rsquo;s regime &ldquo;in order for them to fuel their nuclear ambitions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4493279\/jimmy-kimmel-calls-us-ridiculous-country-different-mr-t\/\">Jimmy Kimmel calls US &#8216;ridiculous country&#8217; with &#8216;a different Mr. T&#8217; in charge<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4493234\/white-house-ufc-event-logistics-fighter-michael-chandler\/\">White House UFC event logistics &#8216;going to be a lot,&#8217; fighter Michael Chandler warns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/4492992\/ufc-dana-white-says-never-receives-negativity-support-trump\/\">UFC&#8217;s Dana White says he &#8216;never&#8217; gets negativity for supporting Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;But you know what, [host Sean Hannity]? After 10 years of us talking about this stuff, I think we can safely come to one cold and incontrovertible fact: that if it&rsquo;s good for Trump and therefore good for the country, legacy media will reflexively be against it,&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>Hannity<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3430270&amp;userid=11311&amp;usertype=user&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=d04a4c2f59b21fef842bee09f2cfddd3\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;I mean, let&rsquo;s quote <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"1991\">Pete Hegseth<\/a>, the Secretary of War. He told reporters this: &lsquo;You cheer against Trump so hard, it&rsquo;s in your DNA and in your blood. You take half-truths, spun information, leaked information, to cause doubt and manipulate the public mind,&rdquo; Concha said.<\/p>\n<p>Concha argued that the disdain for President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4493531\/trump-former-president-praise-iran-strikes\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> is so high that he could hypothetically ban pineapple on pizza, which &ldquo;95% of people&rdquo; would support. However, he argued Democrats would come out in support of pineapple on pizza, and &ldquo;their allies in the press&rdquo; would echo them.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So even if it means being sympathetic and even propping up the Iranian regime, which by all counts is profoundly evil and has killed more than a thousand U.S. military members, it&rsquo;s the reflex for the press to greatly exaggerate the negative while applying the bias omission to the positive,&rdquo; Concha said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/4491384\/after-horrific-week-new-leadership-cnn-cant-come-soon-enough\/\"><strong>JOE CONCHA: AFTER HORRIFIC WEEK, NEW LEADERSHIP AT CNN CAN&rsquo;T COME SOON ENOUGH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Concha eviscerated CNN&rsquo;s coverage of the New York City bombing attempt last week, saying it is &ldquo;pathetic&rdquo; how the network initially described the suspects as &ldquo;two Pennsylvania teenagers&rdquo; whose lives would &ldquo;drastically change&rdquo; after throwing their homemade bombs. Network anchor <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/entertainment\/4487924\/cnns-abby-phillip-apologizes-for-saying-nyc-bombing-attempt-targeted-mamdani\/\">Abby Phillip also apologized<\/a> for saying the bombing attempt targeted Mamdani when the bomb was thrown into a crowd of protesters.<\/p>\n<p>Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr called for broadcasters to &ldquo;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4492282\/carr-broadcasters-fcc-licenses-iran-coverage\/\">correct course<\/a>&rdquo; over their coverage of the Iran conflict last week, or lose their licenses if they don&rsquo;t. The announcement has <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/4493568\/carr-fcc-broadcast-license-iran-war-media-midterms\/\">raised concerns among Republican lawmakers<\/a>, who fear it<\/span> could backfire ahead of the 2026 elections.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Concha: legacy media reflexively oppose good for Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2580801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26075766624609-e1773751768693.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[73764,75963,56439,75962,3634],"class_list":["post-2580800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-joe-concha-2","tag-journalism-analysis","tag-media-bias-2","tag-press-bias-2","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26075766624609-e1773751768693.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2580800"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2580804,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2580800\/revisions\/2580804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2580801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2580800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2580800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2580800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}