CHARLES: IN THEIR BATTLE AGAINST
PRESIDENT TRUMP, SOME MEMBERS OF
THE MEDIA HAVE ABANDONED BASIC
INTEGRITY.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND THE
"WASHINGTON POST" HAVE ISSUED
RETRACTIONS ON PIECES AFTER
BEING ACCUSED OF MISLEADING
HEADLINES OR GETTING ALL THE
FACTS WRONG.
KATRINA PIERSON, SENIOR ADVISOR
FOR THE TRUMP REELECTION
CAMPAIGN.
WHETHER IT'S MEDIA RESEARCH OR
HARVARD IT SHOWS MEDIA BIAS
AGAINST DONALD TRUMP.
ARE YOU SHOCKED IT CONTINUES?
>> I'M NOT SHOCKED IT CONTINUES.
BUT IT IS SHOCKING WHEN YOU FIND
OUT JUST HOW MUCH THEY ARE NOT
DOING CONTRIBUTING TO THESE
STORIES.
DURING 2015 FAKE NEWS USED TO BE
A ONE-OFF.
BUT TODAY THERE IS A CONSTANT
DAILY BARRAGE OF FAKE NEWS IN
THE MEDIA.
YOU TURN ON THE TELEVISION AND
THERE IS BIASED OPINION
COMMENTARY AND IT'S PACKAGED AS
THAT'S WHAT PROPAGANDA IS.
IT'S PURELY CONJECTURE.
AND IF YOU READ THE ARTICLE IT'S
SAD BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO TRY TO
CONNECT THE DOTS.
THEY DON'T CARE WHO THEY HURT,
WHAT FAMILIES THEY DESTROY
BECAUSE END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS.
THAT'S WHY I'M NOT SHOCKED IT'S
GOING ON.
IN THEIR QUIVER IS A MALLET.
THEY ARE MEANT TO MAIM, DESTROY,
CRUSH.
THEY HATE THE PERSON THEY ARE
TALKING ABOUT.
BUT EVEN DEEPER INTO THE
ARTICLES IT'S MORE REVEALING.
BEFORE IT WAS JUST THE
HEADLINES.
NOW IT'S THE STORY ITSELF.
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" AND CURTAIN
STORY.
THE ALMOST $50,000 CURTAINS
NIKKI HALEY SUPPOSEDLY HAD WAS
PAID FOR BY THE OBAMA
ADMINISTRATION.
AND MICHELLE OBAMA SLASHED THE
FIRST LADY STAFF TO REDUCE STAFF
BUT WAS CRITICIZED FOR THE
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.
YOU PICK UP A PAPER AND IT'S
PUTIN, NOT THE DOW BEING AT AN
ALL-TIME HIGH SINCE JANUARY.
PEOPLE WANT THEIR WALLETS TO
FEEL GOOD.
BUT THE MEDIA IS FIXATING ON
LIES.
CHARLES: I SAID IF THE MEDIA
WERE TO SIT BACK AND LET THINGS
RUN THEIR COURSE AND REPORT NEWS
THE WAY IT WAS REPORTED IN THE
PAST, THEY MIGHT HAVE BETTER
SUCCESS IN WHATEVER THEY ARE
ATTEMPTING TO DO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SOME
SYMPATHY FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.
TRUMP.
BUT THEY DO IT FOR A REASON.
AS I SAID, THE END JUSTIFIES THE
MEANS.
NO ONE SEES THE RETRACTION AND
THE APOLOGY.
THE DAMAGE IS DONE.
SECOND THAT HEADLINE MAKES IT
OUT THERE AND THE SECOND THAT
STORY IS RELEASED.
PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF IT.
AND IT IS BACKFIRING BECAUSE
HE'S GENERATING A LOT OF
SYMPATHY, AND IT'S CONTINUING TO
FUEL THE DIVISION OF THE COUNTRY
AND THAT'S THE GOAL.
CHARLES: IT'S MORE THAN CLICK
BAIT.
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR
JOURNALISTIC INSTITUTIONS LIKE
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" OR
"WASHINGTON POST."
THEY SAY IF WE PUT FACTS OUT
THERE ABOUT CANDIDATES DURING
THE MID-TERMS LET US KNOW.
THEY SHOULD LOOK AT THEIR OWN
PAPER.