As regular readers of this blog know, I read a great many political commentaries, written by people across the political spectrum.
One of my favorites is powerlineblog.com’s John Hinderaker.
And if you wonder why, please, please read his latest piece, titled “Why Trump Tweets”.
In it, Mr. Hinderaker takes his analytical scalpel to an Associated Press “news report” about the FBI spy, or spies (not sure how many) embedded in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. He shows us how many ways the AP spins this story; how completely it is perverted from straight news coverage to anti-Trump spin.
Here is Mr. Hinderaker’s final paragraph – which, I very much hope, spurs you to use the link provided above and read the how and why of his conclusions:
If true, it is 1,000 times bigger than Watergate. But until now, wild horses couldn’t have pulled the facts that have been steadily emerging about the real scandals of the 2016 election out of the AP. Why does the AP grudgingly cover them now? Because they were tweeted by President Trump. Democratic Party outlets like the Associated Press know that millions of people understand quite a bit about the brewing Obama FBI/CIA/Fusion GPS/Clinton campaign/FISA scandal–not just the eggheads who read National Review, but the great many who follow the president on Twitter, or see accounts of his tweets elsewhere. More than anyone else, it is President Trump who has stood up to the swamp in the person of Bob Mueller, and is forcing the Democratic Party press to begin covering the real story of the 2016 election.
Let me again say that John Hinderaker’s piece, leading up to that paragraph, fully explains and justifies his conclusions.
Read it and see for yourself. Then lament what the Associated Press (along with so many other media venues) has devolved into.
