Trump says US has ‘prevailed’ on testing

The Hill logoThe White House on Monday sought to contain the fallout of positive coronavirus tests within its own walls, simultaneously projecting confidence about America’s readiness to reopen while implementing new protocols meant to limit exposure inside the building.

The juxtaposition was on full display at a press briefing in the Rose Garden.

Two giant banners hung behind the podium declaring “America leads the world in testing.” Meanwhile, roughly a dozen White House officials seated a few feet apart from one another were all wearing masks, and speakers used a different podium several feet away from the president. Continue reading.

Trump is pushing a dangerous, false spin on coronavirus — and the media is helping him spread it

Washington Post logoAmong the many outlandish statements President Trump has made since taking office, one in particular stands out for me.

Speaking in Kansas City, Mo., in the summer of 2018, he urged the attendees of the VFW annual convention to ignore the journalism of the mainstream media.

“Just stick with us, don’t believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news,” he said. “What you’re seeing and what you’re reading is not what’s happening.”

In other words, if you didn’t hear from me or my minions, it isn’t true. Continue reading.

Fox News analyst quits, rips network as a “propaganda machine” in letter to colleagues

The following article by Jen Kirby was posted on the Vox website March 20, 2018:

He signed off: “As our president’s favorite world leader would say, ‘Das vidanya’” — Russian for “goodbye.”

Retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters. Credit: Fox News Screen Capture

A Fox News analyst quit in a scathing letter that accused the network of degenerating into “a mere propaganda machine for a destructive and ethically ruinous administration.”

Retired Lt. Col. Ralph Peters, a strategic analyst for Fox News, said he was leaving the network and laid out his reasoning in a fiery letter to colleagues, obtained by BuzzFeed News. Continue reading “Fox News analyst quits, rips network as a “propaganda machine” in letter to colleagues”