Last October, Mark Jacob wrote that "the media is missing the biggest story there is — Trump’s apparent mental illness."

What USA Today called Trump's “Expletive-filled ultimatum” and what the AP called Trump's “Expletive-filled threat” is evidence of Trump's apparent mental illness.

Jacob wrote: "The mainstream media keeps making the same mistakes in their coverage of the King of Crazytown.”
#Trump #sanewashing copy: @renewedresistance #politics

Why is the mainstream media "sanewashing" this?
We are watching a candidate who frequently cannot finish a coherent thought on stage, yet it’s being reported as "standard political rhetoric." The medical evidence suggests he is fundamentally unfit for the stress of the presidency. (5/6)
#MediaCriticism #Sanewashing #Trump2024
NY Times once again caught sanewashing Trump’s unhinged rhetoric

The New York Times has once again been caught red-handed editing commentary from President Donald Trump that makes his commentary seem less unhinged than it truly is. On Easter Sunday, Trump sent ...

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In case you thought that the NY Times “isn’t that bad,” this is your case study. This is what #SaneWashing means.

RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:i3mhliziy2r37ytl2rof5e3h/post/3mitqhtpxfk2o
Quod erat demonstrandum. Die #Tagesschau wird noch #Sanewashing betreiben, wenn der postet, dass Gott Europa für Feigheit vorm Kreuzzug bestrafen will und er deswegen ein paar Atomraketen losgeschickt hat. Die texten dann sowas wie: Ernste Ermahnung von Trump für die EU, ihn im Iran zu unterstützen

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Mike Drucker (@mikedrucker.bsky.social)

TRUMP: "I'm gonna fuckin' blow up all the fuckers! I wanna use all the bombs before I die! Helter skelter! Helter skelter! Race war! Race war! Fuck Easter and fuck you, too!" NEWS: "Trump promises to strengthen military in early morning Easter greeting." [contains quote post or other embedded content]

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2/2 And guess what? This is what the New York Times did: they just deleted Trump's “open the fuckin’ strait” line, to make him look less insane and rewrote his post, protecting Trump via textbook sanewashing.

After that, they realised that even for the NYT that was a bit rich, so they changed the article, included Trump's full post without explaining why it wasn't in the first place.

See this thread: 🧵 👇

https://bsky.app/profile/mattnegrin.bsky.social/post/3miqw3lwhec2r #media #journalism #NewYorkTimes #NYT #Trump #sanewashing

Matt Negrin still host of Hardball on MSNBC (@mattnegrin.bsky.social)

The New York Times deleted Trump’s “open the fuckin’ strait” line to make him look less insane Their write-up falsely says his post says only “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” and “Praise be to Allah”

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@ironcladlou 🎯

#Sanewashing at its finest

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#Sanewashing

“WASHINGTON — United States President Donald Trump made new threats to escalate strikes in Iran on Sunday, a day after U.S. forces pulled off a dramatic rescue of an aviator whose plane fell behind enemy lines after Iran had downed it days earlier.”

What #Trump actually posted:

“Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”