"Trump’s nonsense is also meant to sow the seeds of doubt if the #election does not go his way...As my Post colleague Philip Bump wrote, “the point isn’t to increase Trump’s credibility. It’s to erode everyone else’s. That way, when they accurately report the results in #November, Trump can remind his supporters to reject them if necessary.”

#Trump might be conditioning voters for another #StopTheSteal But then again, he might be just losing it."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/16/newsletter-harris-election/

#Trump #TrumpLies #USA

"Had the #media been conscientiously covering #Trump, the public would understand these #bizarre outings as part of his noticeable #CognitiveDecline. Trump’s sporadic appearances on the trail alone should be grist for the cable #news shows. When they do discuss his mental state, it is often in the context of horserace #politics.

(...How about asking hard questions about how a party can stand behind someone in an alternative reality?)"
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/16/newsletter-harris-election/

#Journalism #Press #Politics #USA

"If President #Biden held a #news conference with 162 #lies, resorted to laughable fabrications, sounded as bad as #Trump did on X and scheduled so few appearances, a swarm of investigative pieces exploring his fitness and commentary asking whether he should leave the race would have ensued....

the media’s refusal to convey Trump’s unfitness amounts to misleading the #public."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/16/newsletter-harris-election/

#Journalism #Press #Media #Fail #Politics #US #USPol #USA #News #TrumpLies #TrumpDelusional