The Reality For The Media

I just read an article from the French news agency AFP which reports that President Trump spoke to a series of world leaders today who were "baffled" by Trump's new policy which stops entry into the USA for the next 30 days by people from a few countries that are the source of most of the world's terrorism.  Of course, AFP did not report it that way; they called it a Muslim ban even though there is no Muslim ban.

Here's the problem.  The conversations between the President and the other world leaders were not held in public.  No transcripts were released for the telephone conversations.  In short, there is no way for the media to know whether or not other world leaders were "baffled" by the policy.  For all we know, these other world leaders expressed support for the new policy.  Alternatively, maybe these other world leaders expressed dismay to President Trump about the new policy.  We don't know, but more important, the reporter who wrote the article doesn't know either.

The new reality for the media is that anything that discredits, demeans or insults President Trump is put forward regardless of whether or not it is true.  It's a major mistake by the media.  They are throwing so much obvious nonsense at Trump, that there will never be any reason to believe what the media says.  They are throwing away what little remains of their credibility.