Media sin is quoting Trump accurately

First President Trump ranted against the media for unfairly criticizing him for his remarks about the events in Charlottesville. He dramatically pulled out his notes from one of his statements and read the words that he used to criticize the neo-Nazis and racists. With a flourish, he then threw his notes to the crowd. However, he just happened to neglect to read the words for which he was criticized: that there were bad actions “on many sides,” and then repeating “on many sides” — apparently equating the actions of neo-Nazi extremists, who killed one woman and injured many others, with the counter protesters.

A couple of days later he cut loose, apparently unscripted, and said that there were “very fine people on both sides.” And then he said he told Sen. Tim Scott there were “bad dudes on the other side,” referring to an anti-fascist group known as “Antifa.” So at least three times he equated the counter protesters with people marching under the swastika in a torchlit march reminiscent of those of Hitler’s brown shirts.

As usual, Trump’s problem with the media is that they accurately report what he says.

This story was originally published September 28, 2017 at 12:35 PM with the headline "Media sin is quoting Trump accurately."