The Media Research Center has been been moving in lockstep with its fellow conservative media outlets in defending President Trump and denouncing the Russia investigation as a witch hunt. Which means it’s hilariously hypocritical for the MRC to accuse the non-conservative media of “collusion,” which Ryan Foley did in a July 17 post:
For all of the talk about collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, the liberal media seems to have engaged in a little bit of collusion themselves. On six different programs over the past 24 hours, hosts either suggested or asked their guests to weigh in on whether Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats should resign due to President Trump’s refusal to accept the DNI’s assertion that Russia meddled in the 2016 election.
The latest montage of meltdowns came after President Trump’s Helsinki summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki, Finland.
[…]In all honesty, the media could care less whether or not Director Coats resigns. They just see the hypothetical resignations of Coats or other Trump Administration officials as stepping stones in achieving their ultimate goal: the premature end of the Trump presidency.
Foley and the MRC could care less about journalism — they’re just obsessed with scoring political points and destroying the non-conservative media for failing to lionize Trump 24/7. It’s absurd for Foley and the MRC to see “collusion” everywhere except on their own side.
Before he goes on another “collusion” rant, perhaps Foley could explain to us just how much his employer colludes with other conservative groups in pushing its pro-Trump, anti-media message.