The New York Times, other outlets crying 'wolf' over Trump
By Joe Concha - 11/21/16 12:11 PM EST
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blo...olf-over-trump
It’s now Day 13 since the media declared it needed to do some serious soul-searching and rethink the way it covers Donald Trump.
Here are your headlines in today’s New York Times:
Trump Turns Staid Cabinet Process Into Spectacle
Alt-Right Exults in Election With Salute of ‘Heil Victory’
Indian Business Partners Hope to Exploit Trump Ties
Many in Milwaukee Neighborhood Didn’t Vote — And Don’t Regret It
Let’s Say Obamacare Is Repealed. What Then?
Critic’s Notebook: ‘Hamilton’ Duel: Addressing the President-Elect on His Own Blunt Terms
How Fake News Goes Viral: A Case Study...
...All told,
all but one of these stories and editorials can safely be deemed anti-Trump.
Only one analysis can be considered to be down-the-middle: "Let’s Say Obamacare Is Repealed. What Then?" And of course, the editorials especially are
so far off the rails in terms of negativity that it's almost comical in its hysteria. ...
...This kind of Monday morning offering also comes days after the Times reported that "Firings And Discord Put Trump Transition Team In State Of Disarray" despite it being
just one week since Trump had won the election and with
71 days to go until the inauguration.
David Axelrod, President Obama's 2008 campaign manager who was appointed to the role of Senior Adviser after the election, cautioned the Times of its hyperbole
while showing the paper simply hadn't done basic homework in its rush to judgment....
...We've all heard the story of the boy who cried wolf.
Now we're seeing the story written before our eyes of a media that not only hasn't learned a thing from its election coverage where it
completely embarrassed itself to the point it may never recover from an integrity perspective.
Call the Times "The Media That Cried Wolf." And we all know what happened to the boy who cried wolf too often: People stopped listening.
And it's not just the Times. Visit the Washington Post or Politico or any cable news outlet not with the letters F, O, or X in it on Monday and you'll see an overwhelming wave of negativity.
That's not to say, of course, Trump should get a pass or extended honeymoon here. It's just a simple plea: Cover the good stuff with the same vigor and focus as the bad....