RUNNING against the media is not a Donald Trump invention. In his bid for the Republican nomination in 2000, John McCain frequently attacked the “liberal media”; in 2008 Mr McCain’s punster running mate, Sarah Palin, widened the criticisms to the “lamestream media”. Barack Obama has had some complaints, too. In 2008, he said he was “convinced that if there were no Fox News, I might be two or three points higher in the polls”. Fox portrayed him as “freak”, Mr Obama said. “I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal. Who wants somebody like that?”
But the 2016 Republican nominee’s participation in this time-honoured tradition differs from the gripes of his forebears in both degree and tone. Mr Trump has banned Buzzfeed, the Des Moines Register, Politico and the Washington Post (among other outlets) from covering his campaign events. He regularly turns to Twitter to belittle the “failing” New York Times or “phony” Washington Post for their coverage of the race. He has said the Wall...Continue reading
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