He told us who he was: The L.A. Times discovers Donald Trumps vileness
He told us who he was: The L.A. Times discovers Donald Trump’s vileness — why was any of it a surprise?
The mainstream media is shocked to discover the president is a mendacious bigot — were they not paying attention?
Chauncey DeVega Wednesday, Apr 5, 2017 8:59 AM EDT
To great acclaim and praise, the Los Angeles Times has made a great discovery. In the opening salvo of a four-part series of essays about Donald Trump, the paper’s editorial board made the following pronouncement:
It was no secret during the campaign that Donald Trump was a narcissist and a demagogue who used fear and dishonesty to appeal to the worst in American voters. The Times called him unprepared and unsuited for the job he was seeking, and said his election would be a “catastrophe.”
Still, nothing prepared us for the magnitude of this train wreck. Like millions of other Americans, we clung to a slim hope that the new president would turn out to be all noise and bluster, or that the people around him in the White House would act as a check on his worst instincts, or that he would be sobered and transformed by the awesome responsibilities of office.
Instead, seventy-some days in — and with about 1,400 to go before his term is completed — it is increasingly clear that those hopes were misplaced.
It would seem that the editorial board of the Los Angeles Times has finally found its spine. But alas, this is all too little and much too late. One must wonder — and this is true not just of one newspaper but of the American news media in total — how could Donald Trump’s behavior as president possibly be surprising?
In all, the American corporate news media gave Donald Trump, the political arsonist, a can of gasoline and a box of matches. They then act shocked when he burns down an orphanage.
Donald Trump is one of the greatest villains in American life. In that role, he is transparent and direct.
http://www.salon.com/2017/04/05/he-told-us-who-he-was-the-l-a-times-discovers-donald-trumps-vileness-why-was-any-of-it-a-surprise/
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