Shooting the Messenger. Again.

“On Thursday morning, Trump renewed his attacks on the press, taking to Twitter in an apparent attempt to blame the media for the spate of suspected bombs.

“‘A very big part of the Anger we see today in our society is caused by the purposely false and inaccurate reporting of the Mainstream Media that I refer to as Fake News,’ he tweeted. 

“‘It has gotten so bad and hateful that it is beyond description. Mainstream Media must clean up its act, FAST!’”

—“Hundreds of journalists condemn Trump’s ‘sustained’ media attacks,” Al Jareeza, Oct. 25, 2018.

• Editorial Comment: Good to have someone to blame.

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