Trump, Mainstream News Networks Remain in Open Warfare Against One Another

Historically, mainstream news networks advocating for positions that stand in opposition to those traditionally held by Republicans have done so in ways that at least allowed for some plausible deniability on their part as to whether that was, in fact, what they were doing. There remained, usually, at least a shred of subtlety in their bias.

No more.

Case in point: As reported by a variety of media outlets, including Newsmax, Scott Pelley, anchor of CBS Evening News, opened his Monday broadcast with this:

���It has been a busy day for presidential statements divorced from reality.���

What?

���President Trump told a U.S. military audience that there have been terrorist attacks that no one knows about because the media choose not to report them. It has been a busy day for presidential statements divorced from reality,��� Pelley said.

Pretty bold stuff, even for a news anchor many consider to be a principal part of the current problem with bias in American media.

Pelley was referring to Trump���s declaration on Monday at U.S. Central Command that terror attacks are not being fully reported by the media.

Since assuming office, Trump has seen fit to carry on in his feud with said media that began at the outset of his campaign. Over the weekend, the president fired off a tweet at The New York Times in response to an article that appeared in the Sunday edition of the paper entitled ���Trump and Staff Rethink Tactics After Stumbles.���

���The failing @nytimes writes total fiction concerning me. They have gotten it wrong for two years, and now are making up stories & sources!��� tweeted Trump.

And on it goes���

By Robert G. Yetman, Jr. Editor At Large