Still Waiting For Newspaper Editorials Demanding The Trump Foundation Be Shut Down

[ehrnst]

Adding to a cavalcade of campaign condemnations, a string of major newspaper editorial boards in recent weeks stepped forward to announce that, in the name of avoiding even the appearance of a conflict of interest, Bill and Hillary Clinton needed to shut down their successful Clinton Foundation.

Conceding that recent news reports hadn’t proven any actual wrongdoing or lawbreaking with the foundation and its connection the State Department when Clinton was secretary of state, editorials from Washington Post, Boston Globe, and USA Today, among others, were nonetheless adamant: Shut it down.

Columnists at Slate, New York and The Wall Street Journal also jumped in, as did an array of TV talkers anxious to add their voices to the media choir demanding a global charity be shut down because the optics didn’t look quite right. And several outlets insisted that waiting until after the election for foundation action wasn’t “good enough.”

Everyone, it seemed, was in heated agreement.

“Even if they’ve done nothing illegal, the foundation will always look too much like a conflict of interest for comfort.” (Boston Globe)

“The only way to eliminate the odor surrounding the foundation is to wind it down and put it in mothballs.” (USA Today)

“Impressions such as these are corrosive to national institutions.” (Washington Post)

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/09/06/still-waiting-newspaper-editorials-demanding-trump-foundation-be-shut-down/212853

[kennetha]

1. not just his phony foundation

But his sham businesses too. We know he's in hock to the bank of China. Probably also to a bunch of Russian oligarchs as well. He needs to divest himself of any holdings that would impact a potential Trump Presidency. Not enough to put it in a blind trust. He would still know what was in that trust.

[Angry Dragon]

2. Trump needs to be shut down

[Wellstone ruled]

3. Here we go again,

same methodology the Rethugs used to wipe out ACORN. Same words,same phrases and some appeared to be cut and paste.

There is zero freedom of press,just more Infotainment of the ignorant,and more Corporate Media with a agenda of fascist control.