Just like four years ago, The Atlantic magazine is running the claims of anonymous gossips that Donald Trump hates the American military, and he wishes he had generals like Adolf Hitler had. CBS Evening News jumped right on this garbage barge, leading its newscast with unproven allegations. MRC senior research analyst Bill D’Agostino shares his thoughts.
CBS anchor Norah O’Donnell touted “a new report that Trump, while president, used the F word to describe a murdered Mexican-American soldier. That story is that Trump scoffed at the price of a funeral he offered to pay for Private Vanessa Guillen, something Trump’s team tonight denies.”
Denial barely matters. What matters is making sure there’s always time for a negative Trump story, and whether it’s true or false isn’t the primary concern.
The networks also touted a new New York Times interview of…
