This week’s Mainstream Media Scream features ABC’s Good Morning America tossing Hillary Clinton a bone on her claim that Donald Trump’s call for a freeze in Muslim immigration is helping ISIS recruiting — before the group actually used his words in a video.
At the Democratic debate on Saturday, Dec. 19, Clinton declared ISIS was using Trump’s words to recruit when it wasn’t — yet.
But over the weekend, when Trump did appear in a video from extremists, the show said, “Does this mean Hillary Clinton may have actually been right?”
From the Jan. 2 Good Morning America:
ANCHOR DAN HARRIS: Good morning, America. Breaking overnight: Donald Trump starring in a new terrorist recruitment video. So does this mean Hillary Clinton may have actually been right?
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REPORTER MARY BRUCE: This is the first known instance of extremists using Trump’s language to attract followers, although not by ISIS as Hillary Clinton predicted.
HILLARY CLINTON (December 19 debate): He is becoming ISIS’s best recruiter.
BRUCE: The Democratic front-runner ignited a war of words with Trump when she warned that his rhetoric would become recruiting fodder.
HILLARY: They are going to be people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists.
Media Research Center Vice President of Research Brent Baker explains the picks: “That didn’t take long. Barely 31 hours into the election year and ABC News decided to mislead viewers in order to cover for a false statement by Hillary Clinton. It’s doubtful any of the Republican candidates will get such a gift from ABC. Couldn’t have started the year with a more vivid example of how the media serve and protect liberal Democrats.”
Rating: Five out of five screams.
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected].
