AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchDonald Trump No, the mainstream media shouldn’t give up on persuading Trump supporters of the truth | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Media criticism, I am happy to report, is thriving these days. If you are reading Press Watch, you’re not just reading my own media criticism, you’re …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchVoter Fraud The critical subtext for Trump’s rage against mail-in ballots is that he wants the minority to rule | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Political reporters from our top news organizations aren’t falling for Donald Trump’s transparently deceitful campaign to demonize mail-in voting, …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchDonald Trump When Trump takes a step toward autocracy, journalists need to call it out | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Autocrats don’t announce it publicly when they’re taking a step toward greater authoritarianism. As long as there’s a free press, it’s up to …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchThe White House New York Times health reporter Donald McNeil deserves accolades, not a scolding | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Veteran New York Times health reporter Donald McNeil has been covering the hell out of the novel coronavirus since it first emerged. His articles are …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchDonald Trump Trump tries to fend off charges of hypocrisy with lies – but the press corps smells blood | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin There is nothing as politically corrosive as hypocrisy, and Donald Trump is wallowing in it. His White House is scrambling to test everyone in sight – …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchDonald Trump Trump blocks desperately needed national testing program, says tests make things “look bad” | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin The single most disastrous element of the failed federal response to the Covid-19 pandemic is Donald Trump’s continued refusal to launch a massive …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchDonald Trump Ring the alarm bells! The media needs to respond to Trump’s calamitous failure with urgency and activism | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin New projections of mass death in the United States should be prompting the country’s major news organizations to abandon any complacency in their …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchDonald Trump New press secretary: Who you gonna trust, me or your lying ears? | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin “I will never lie to you,” new White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany told reporters at her inaugural press briefing on Friday – the first such …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchChina Trump’s new campaign to demonize China is another ploy to change the subject presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Wow does Trump's new campaign to demonize China ever need to be put into context. It's irresponsible rhetoric intended to change the subject from his …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchDonald Trump Bring back the briefing – but not with Trump | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Every day, more Americans are getting sick, more Americans are dying, and all over the country, people are staying in their homes, fearful and …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press WatchDonald Trump Trump’s idea of reopening schools before summer is more dangerous than bleach | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Donald Trump’s suggestion that some states rush to reopen schools before summer is not as obviously stupid as his idea about injecting bleach into …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Washington press corps covers up Trump’s profound stupidity presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Presented with incontrovertible evidence that Donald Trump is stupid and clueless, reporters and editors in America’s top newsrooms averted their …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Trump next con is convincing people it’s safe to go back to work. But the public has wised up. presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Donald Trump is embarking on a major PR campaign intended to convince people it’s safe to resume their normal lives, Zeke Miller of the Associated …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Here’s exactly what Trump needs to do to boost coronavirus testing. Reporters should tell him, not ask him. | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin So asking him unspecific questions about why the country isn’t doing more coronavirus testing is just an invitation to disinformation and …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Washington Post hits the jackpot by focusing on what’s missing from Trump’s plan, not what’s in it presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin A warm round of applause for Philip Rucker, Josh Dawsey and Yasmeen Abutaleb, who instead of simply repeating what Trump said, wrote about the …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Trump's pitiful obsession with a deadline is everything that's wrong with everything | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Donald Trump’s fixation on setting a deadline for “reopening” the country – first it was Easter Sunday, now it appears to be May 1 – is currently the …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch CBS’s Paula Reid and CNN’s Kaitlan Collins pierced Trump’s bubble and he couldn’t handle it | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin It turns out there is a good reason for reporters to attend Donald Trump’s ridiculous, misinformation-spreading coronavirus news conferences. It’s to …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Trump fails the test | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Donald Trump made it clearer than ever Thursday evening that he doesn’t understand the crucial role that widespread coronavirus testing plays in …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Trump’s weak spot is the facts | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin It was amazing to watch just how upset Donald Trump got on Monday night when reporters asked him about a new, fact-filled report about how hospitals …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch The man with no plan | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin CNN anchor Jake Tapper wrapped up his show on Sunday with a question for Donald Trump. “Mr. President,” he said. “I know you, like millions of …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Trump predicts two bad weeks followed by 'a burst of light' and political press lauds him for his new realism | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin During a rambling two-hour press conference on Tuesday evening, Donald Trump braced the country for a “very tough two weeks” – after which, he said, …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Political journalists are still headlining Trump's lies and trying to explain his decision-making. Stop! | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Donald Trump couldn’t have made it clearer on Monday that he has no idea what is going on, nor any idea how to get out of this mess. “I haven’t heard …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Don’t fall for Trump’s effort to recast himself as the benevolent leader of a unified country presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin After weeks spent angrily downplaying the threat of the coronavirus, Donald Trump is now trying to describe the nation’s inconsistent and still …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch The question the press should be asking: How will we know when it’s safe to come out again? | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin There’s a clear path out of this crisis, and Donald Trump isn’t taking it. Public-health experts, if you ask them, will tell you that the only way …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch How to turn Trump’s daily virus misinformation show into a vector for the truth presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Rather than hide Trump's misinformation-filled briefings or broadcast them as is, the cable news networks should respond by doing journalism – in …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch What are sports journalists to do? Two views | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin The basic stuff of the sports section is in lockdown. The leagues and schools have stopped the play of game until it’s safe to come out again. So what …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Trump’s new flim-flam: False hope | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin “I’ve never seen anything like it,” CNN medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta told John King after another wildly abnormal White House news conference …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch The corporate media is still letting Trump set the agenda presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Even though they are more willing than ever to point out Trump’s flaws and lack of credibility, elite Washington- and New York-based journalists …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch Say it: Delusional, gaslighter, or both | Press Watch presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Donald Trump gave the media exactly the excuse it needed on Tuesday to properly qualify his statements going forward. By insisting that he had …
AvatarDan Froomkinflipped into Press Watch The incredible shrinking president presswatchers.org - Dan Froomkin Trump’s little foray into presidential behavior on Monday was too little too late, as far as the national media was concerned. His role has been …
