Tag: CNN

Donald Trump, fake news and the US Constitution

free press

In my commentary yesterday covering Donald Trump’s first press conference since last summer, I briefly mentioned his headline-grabbing bullying of a CNN reporter. You may recall that Trump accused CNN of being a “fake news” organization after lumping together a…

Did anyone really “win” the debate?

For the next week following the first presidential debate, America will ask and answer the wrong question: “Who won?” Answering this question demands that we first define “winning” in this context, which is only rhetorically possible. Like watching any other…