This week’s Liberal Media Scream features the latest unhinged attack on President Trump from the New York Times as, well, “unhinged.”
It comes from columnist Thomas Friedman, appearing on CNN, who also ripped the United States for its “reckless” election of Trump in 2016.
Reacting to anchor Wolf Blitzer’s characterization that Trump is “egging on” those protesting stay at home policies, Friedman said, “What the president did today is just another reminder that in electing Donald J. Trump as president, the American people did the most reckless thing they have ever done in our history.”
He then added, “I don’t know what mental illness he has, Wolf, but it’s just really important that we in the press don’t catch it. It’s really important that we continue to do our job.”
Trump and the New York Times have been in a love-hate relationship since his election, and lately, it has veered more toward hate.
From the Friday, April 17 edition of CNN’s The Situation Room:
Anchor Wolf Blitzer: “The president is egging on people who have been protesting … Is he potentially putting these peoples’ lives in danger?”
Thomas Friedman: “What the president did today is just another reminder that in electing Donald J. Trump as president, the American people did the most reckless thing they have ever done in our history. I think the governor of Washington state got it exactly right, it’s ‘unhinged.’ The job of the president right now is to be the nation’s chief scientific officer, tell us where we are, what’s working where. And secondly, to be the nation’s chief procurement officer. Get people the testing equipment they need if they are going to end sheltering-in-place restrictions over the next few weeks. Those are his only two jobs right now. Fomenting revolutions in blue states with Democratic governors, unhinged is the only word for it. I don’t know what mental illness he has, Wolf, but it’s just really important that we in the press don’t catch it. It’s really important that we continue to do our job.”
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains our weekly pick: “Sufferers of Trump Derangement Syndrome, like Friedman, should be cautious about hurling ‘unhinged’ and ‘mental illness’ allegations, lest others accuse them of projecting. His overwrought reaction — that electing Trump was the most reckless act ever in U.S. history — reflects how the New York Times approaches Trump not as a news subject with whom nearly all the staff disagree, but as a dire enemy it must destroy.”
Scream rating: Four out of five screams.
