'ROFL!!' Iowahawk pulls rug out from under media's coordinated anti-Trump editorials & #FreePress lectures

Doug P. | 11:58 AM on August 16, 2018

Editorials are being published today in hundreds of newspapers slamming Trump for slamming the media:

About 350 newspapers across the US have at least one thing in common today: a statement supporting the free press and decrying President Trump's attacks on the media https://t.co/dj4CubZQkA pic.twitter.com/zocXcpBI8v

— CNN (@CNN) August 16, 2018

In response to a call from the @BostonGlobe, more than 200 newspapers big and small, including this one, are speaking up in defense of America’s #FreePress. https://t.co/nGpH1CP5PW

— NYT Opinion (@nytopinion) August 15, 2018

Iowahawk summed it up as only he can:

If people who think the press is the enemy can't be persuaded by 350 identical newspapers editorials, I guess I there's no hope for themhttps://t.co/lWbFNJRZ38

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 16, 2018

LOL! Right!?

I'll pay attention to NYTimes lectures on free speech when they admit it's a right other people have toohttps://t.co/QdSnttUj0g

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 16, 2018

Oh, it’s not a one-way street? Bummer for the NYT.

It's always fun seeing media folk who think the 1st Amendment only applies to people with J-school diplomas

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 16, 2018

To be clear, I believe the editorialists at the NYTimes should be free to say whatever the hell they want. I just don't see any evidence that the feeling is reciprocal.

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) August 16, 2018

Nothing says “there’s no evidence for the accusation that the media coordinates messaging” like hundreds of similar editorials being published all on the same day.