How can coverage of this president be positive?
A Bloomingdale letter writer asked "Does anyone really think that Trump's criticism of the press isn't well deserved?" as he goes on to recite estimated figures of negative coverage our adulterous, Trump University-scamming president has received.
How can coverage of hateful remarks and tweets by our president be anything but negative? How can our press give positive coverage of our president's attacks on our intelligence community, our allies, war hero John McCain, countries he describes with an expletive and women he finds unattractive?
There can only be negative coverage of Trump's defense of the likes of Roy Moore, Sheriff Arpaio, the Charlottesville alt-right marchers, Flynn, Manafort, Bannon, Price, Rob Porter, Pruitt - and soon to be added to that long list of disgraceful "best people" - Interior Secretary Zinke, ex-coal lobbyist EPA Administrator Wheeler and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross.
Certainly there can be no positive coverage of our president's kowtowing meetings with murderous Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin. How can our press give a positive spin to the intelligence reports that North Korea and Russia are now more emboldened and increasing their arsenals?
This letter writer must surely obtain his positive news from our president's favorite fawning, conservative entertainment/news show and where he has learned the "what about…" tactic. He is absolutely wrong to say that Obama, Clinton and Schumer have said the same things as our divisive, bigoted, self-enriching president.
Without our press providing accurate information, we might believe the 4000-plus fact-checked lies spewed by our president - millions voted illegally in 2016, Russia's interference in our elections is a hoax, Jr.'s Trump Tower meeting with the Russians was about adoption, U.S. Steel is building six new steel mills …
Without free press coverage our country would resemble Trump buddies' countries North Korea and Russia. We must defend and applaud our free press.
Jane Cox
Wheaton