Remember the media’s field day when Donald Trump wasn’t sure whether or not he should disavow David Duke’s endorsement? When it comes to Democrats’ disturbing coziness with Louis Farrakhan, the media can’t seem to muster that same level of outrage. Ari Fleischer has taken note of their deafening silence:
What will it take to light a fire under the press to get them to cover Farrakhan and his ties to Members of Congress? What is the MSM waiting for? cc: @jonathanweisman https://t.co/q46ghYVENZ
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) March 6, 2018
Louis Farrakhan is a vicious, anti-Semitic, homophobic bigot. His remarks are nothing if not newsworthy. So why is there only one journalist who’s actually willing to cover this story?
https://twitter.com/Purp_and_gold_/status/971079444067631105
As Twitchy told you yesterday, Jake Tapper did what pretty much no one else in the MSM is willing to do and called out Democrats and liberals who have not only refused to denounce Farrakhan but have actually developed warm relationships with him. For his troubles, Tapper’s been targeted by the Nation of Islam:
In the @FinalCall, the Nation of Islam fights back against @jaketapper, @AlanDersh, & @JGreenblattADL & "Jewish lies". Actually, my two @WSJ commentaries got this story going, and despite Paul Nehlen's list… I am not Jewish!https://t.co/Z3w9cpLTnfhttps://t.co/TJ9y1lWQUv pic.twitter.com/eK5kSObL8o
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) March 6, 2018
Unfortunately for Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam, Tapper has not been deterred:
“Jewish lies” — I quoted Farrakhan and provided a link to video of his speech on NOI website along with time codes. #facts https://t.co/jtEehW8NEE
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 6, 2018
What better way to disprove accusations of anti Semitism ? https://t.co/jtEehW8NEE
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 6, 2018
Kudos to Tapper for not backing down.
https://twitter.com/SethAMandel/status/971072670283558912
Shame on his cowardly MSM colleagues for staying silent.
@jaketapper gets a lot of guff from both sides of the political spectrum. But I find him exceedingly fair and thorough. Sorry to see this happening.
— ??Jennifer Bullock?? (@realjbullock) March 6, 2018