"And last Friday, his White House unveiled the latest wrinkle: a new website that supposedly tracks media bias. It offers a Hall of Shame and media offenders of the week to focus on reporting that the president dislikes. It names individuals and news organizations, and it points to the Boston Globe and CBS News, among others, for doing supposedly misleading and biased work. It uses terms like left wing lunacy to describe some of its complaints."
"The site's first iteration is particularly focused on media reporting about Trump's call for six Democratic members of Congress to be arrested, tried, and punished for their supposedly seditious video reminding military and intelligence personnel that they are not obliged to follow illegal orders. Trump even boosted a social media post that shouted: HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD (He later told Fox News he wasn't threatening death, but I think they're in serious trouble)."
"All this for a video in which the members of Congress sought to remind people that military members make an oath to the constitution, not to the president. Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders, Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona, a former astronaut and a US navy veteran, says on the video. Trump has been especially furious about Kelly, who seems like just the wrong person to go after, giving his background of service and high credibility."
Donald Trump has escalated attacks on mainstream media, increasingly using personal insults and threats. He threatened to sue the BBC for $1bn over documentary editing. He insulted a White House reporter as piggy, called Mary Bruce a terrible person and a terrible reporter, and labeled a New York Times reporter ugly both inside and out. The White House launched a new website that tracks alleged media bias, including a Hall of Shame and weekly media offenders, naming outlets such as the Boston Globe and CBS News. The site criticizes coverage of his call to arrest six Democratic members over a video about military obedience.
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