It’s no secret that President Trump’s approval rating for the federal government’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak is irritating many in the national press. How bad has it gotten? There are some in the media who have been saying television networks should stop airing Trump’s coronavirus briefings live.
White House journo April Ryan, who can accurately be categorized as one of the “Resistance reporters” in DC, helped give the hashtag a boost with this question:
No. 3 trending topic in America is #BoycottTrumpPressConferences on Twitter.
Do you find @realDonaldTrump’s press conferences about #coronavirus effective or ineffective? Useful info or his new rally?
Should TV networks continue to air these press conferences? #COVID19
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) March 29, 2020
Can we guess what Ryan’s answer to that question would be?
This …is a journalist…#WeSeeYou https://t.co/A84xJgGCpF
— Christian Toto (@HollywoodInToto) March 29, 2020
Now is not the time for petty journalism. How is boycotting the press conferences going to help with the crisis? This crisis is unprecedented and some of the media keep trying to make the story about the need to minimize the Administration at every turn.
— LABizBuzz (@LABizBuzz) March 30, 2020
Narrator: But it WAS the time for petty journalism from journalists.
.@AprilDRyan, stop trying to manufacture "news". It's not news, it's theater and it should be beneath you. It's beneath #journalism. … And not very smart. @realDonaldTrump
— Stephen Waters (@sbwTweet) March 30, 2020
There are a whole lot of journalists who are “beneath journalism” these days. The global crisis hasn’t stopped them from being activists for the Left.
