Trump complains the US media aren't bending to his will. Aren't they?

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Trump complains the US media aren’t bending to his will. Aren’t they?

Despite owners and networks forsaking journalistic independence, Trump continues to threaten journalists

Adam Gabbatt
Sun 11 May 2025 13.00 BST
Last modified on Sun 11 May 2025 13.02 BST

In the telling of Donald Trump and his Republican colleagues, the US media is fake news, stocked with “radical-left monsters” who are guilty of “illegal” reporting on the president.

The reality is different.

Since Trump’s election, a number of US news organizations have appeared to bend to Trump’s will, with a growing number of examples of billionaire owners seemingly setting aside journalistic independence in favor of staying in Trump’s good grace.

Despite that acquiescence, Trump has continued to threaten journalists, branding pollsters “negative criminals” who “should be investigated for election fraud”. In April, he attacked “radical lunatic Democrats and their comrades in the fake news media”, adding: “Those lying to the American People on behalf of violent criminals have to be held responsible by the Agencies and the Courts.”

The attacks overlook the ways in which some outlets have submitted to Trump’s will – either by executives settling frivolous lawsuits or wealthy owners interfering to avoid upsetting Trump.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/11/trump-media-journalists-60-minutes

[Lovie777]

1. Some are slowing fighting back.................

social media, in most part have, but the turn against shithole is the economy and shithole's outrageous EOs, deportations, tariffs and where some are finally realizes that shithole and the administration as well as the GQP are bat shit crazy.

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2. This article seriously understates the problem

Yes, Donnie continues to pressure the media, and yes, the media hasn't completely gone North Korean in covering him.

But the media remains far, far from neutral or fair. Considering how the media handled Al gore's internet boast or Hillary's emails, the media continues to treat Donnie with exceptional leniency.

Where's the daily outrage about his relentless lying, his lax security, the routine criminality of a convicted felon, etc.? This things get mentioned from time to time in a ho-hum way, as if it's all a valid political view, but nothing like the scandal-mongering treatment democrats get over virtually nothing.