As part of its conspiracy theory that the “liberal media” (which apparently includes Fox News) is covering Donald Trump excessively because it wants him to be the Republican presidential nominee so he’ll lose to Hillary Clinton in November, Media Research Center writers have claimed the fact that much of Trump’s media coverage is negative is irrelevant. It has also complained at one point that Trump coverage was too negative.
Now, the MRC is complaining that coverage of Trump isn’t negative enough.
Nicholas Fondacaro grumbled in an April 26 post that NBC failed to report “major news” that “the New York attorney general announced that the class action lawsuit accusing Donald Trump of fraud, for his failed Trump University.”Fondacaro added that “oddly, neither Univision nor Telemundo reported about Trump going to trial on fraud charges. Both are networks that love to bash Trump whenever they get the chance.”
This was followed by an April 28 post by Scott Whitlock complains that “All three broadcast networks, thus far, have ignored a shocking moment on Wednesday night when Donald Trump touted his endorsement by convicted rapist Mike Tyson.”
We’re confused. If the already-negative tone of Trump’s media coverage is irrelevant, why does it matter if even more negative news about him is covered?
It seems that the liberal Trump-loving media (which, again, includes Fox News) can do nothing right in the MRC’s eyes, even when they’re doing what the MRC supposedly wants them to do.