Who’s Doing More Harm: Trump — or the Media?
As John McCain said, we must have a free press, otherwise it’s the beginning of the end of democracy (“Trump in media storm,” Feb. 20).
And now President Trump, who talks constantly about fake news, seemed to tell a wild untruth about an attack in Sweden.
Yes, he is our president — and what a pity, since the United States is fast becoming the laughingstock of the world.
It’s disturbing to see a narcissistic, spoiled, bullying child in such a position of power. Brenda Nicholls Manhattan
The lamestream media is still having fun mocking Trump for implying there was a terror attack in Sweden.
While the leftists are laughing over it, and perhaps filing it under “events that didn’t happen,” they could also include in that category the anti-Muslim video that sparked the Benghazi massacre, or Hillary Clinton’s sniper-fire dodging in Bosnia, or ISIS being just a JV team, as President Barack Obama said. Walter Goldeski East Brunswick, NJ It’s one thing to defend the press’ right to report the news, even if it’s negative toward President Trump and his administration.
It’s a different story to defend a media that blatantly lies about the leader of the free world and his Cabinet.
Why should Trump be made to accept the media and their false slings and arrows? No sane person would. Louie Rey East Meadow
If the media consciously divides people and consciously creates chaos in our great nation with slanted news, exaggerations and fake news to put forth their particular political agenda, they could be considered an enemy of our nation and its people. John Avelli Brooklyn Trump is right: The press is an enemy of the people. The media conspired with the Clinton campaign, understated Obama’s scandals, like Benghazi and the IRS, and continue to perpetuate, with no evidence, the story that Russia sabotaged the presidential election.
Media manipulation seriously undermines the security of our country. Carole Campolo East Hampton