If you’ve been paying attention to how the legacy press handles Republican administrations—especially a Trump administration—you know the drill by now. It’s not about one big lie. It’s about a thousand small cuts, each one designed to slowly chip away at credibility, policy, and public support. And this week, we got another example of that playbook in action—courtesy of New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.
At a recent White House press briefing, Haberman tried to corner Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt over comments made by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on CBS’s Face the Nation. The problem? She cherry-picked Lutnick’s words to make it sound like the Trump administration is pushing to bring back outdated, low-skill factory work to the U.S.—a caricature that’s not only inaccurate but intellectually dishonest.
