unz | Newly elected presidents are frequently afforded what is described as
a “honeymoon period” in which the criticism of their campaign positions
diminishes sharply as the public and media stand by to see what
actually will develop as an administration takes shape. The honeymoon
can sometimes extend well into the post-inauguration time frame, as it
did with President Barack Obama, and it provides for a breathing space
during which the new arrivals in the White House can set an agenda and
learn how the government actually works.
Unfortunately, President-elect Donald Trump will apparently not enjoy
such a courtesy, at least as far as the media is concerned. The
mainstream media was unrelentingly hostile to Trump both during the
Republican primaries and the presidential campaign itself. The
assertions emanating from media apologists contending that Trump
actually benefitted from the massive press coverage that he did receive
ignores the fact that the reporting was almost always negative. If Trump
benefited at all it was only because the public, seeing the outpouring
of sheer hatred from a media that it already distrusted, came to believe
that someone so vilified by a source so questionable must actually
represent something worth supporting.
The rage of the media towards Trump continues unabated. The Washington Post,
a scurrilous rag emanating out of the District of Columbia that claims
to be a national “newspaper of record,” has a neocon editorial page that
has never seen a war that it dislikes coupled with domestic and local
reporting that is multicultural, inclusive and diverse to a fault. Its
globalist agenda driven hacks seamlessly churn out news stories that are
more editorials for a certain world view than they are reporting of
actual events. It is “invade the world-invite the world” at its finest
and reminds one of Hillary Clinton at her most effusive.
