Self-reflection was absent as the cast of characters that made up Friday’s edition of PBS News Hour attacked President Donald Trump’s executive order that cut off their taxpayer money. From putting their heads in the sand on their liberal bias, to trying to make themselves free speech martyrs, Friday’s show by itself showed by Trump’s move was the correct one.
Host Amna Nawaz asked William Brangham, “just pull back for a little bit here. How does this fit into the larger campaign by the Trump administration that they’re waging against the press?”
Brangham saw a larger pattern, “I mean, this is definitely part of a much larger strategy, that the president is pushing back on all of the organizations and institutions that he believes are against him and his agenda. I mean, as we well know, most presidents have a fraught relationship…
