What does 92% negative coverage of President Donald Trump’s second term get you if you’re the legacy media? After the first 100 days, a basis from which to elicit doompolls that peddle narratives of disarray and chaos, while instilling fear in viewers.
Of these, CBS Evening News was demonstrably and by far the worst. Watch as their poll coverage begins with inflammatory language, to wit: John Dickerson alleging that trade war is a Trump economic policy, and with correspondent Janer Shamlian’s report shamelessly evoking the specter of the Great Recession of 2008:
MAURICE DuBOIS: Tomorrow is day 100 of President Trump’s second term, and more than half the Americans CBS News polled told us that is enough time to judge his administration.
JOHN DICKERSON: So here is how they judge it. 45% approve of the job he’s doing. 55% disapprove.
DuBOIS:…
