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Call Trump What He Is
American journalism continues to fail and play along
Trump is an indicted, sexual abuser
After the GOP Iowa caucus, one newspaper called Donald Trump what he is — the People’s World. PW, a daily newspaper since 1924 (the newspaper is digital), described Donald Trump as a “criminally indicted sexual abuser” who won the “Iowa GOP Caucus.” This is accurate and should be the only description he is due based upon the facts. This is not slander either. This is fact. The shame is he gets so much deference from the world media after abusing his public privilege as a so called public official.
It is a fine time for American journalism to stop engaging in their corporate and political charade with the Trump circus and report him for what he is. If this were not Trump and his decadent 24–7 high wire act that produces ratings and advertising dollars for these corporate outlets, he would not be getting such deference or public respect.
As a sample, Christianity Today announced Trump’s victory like he is a model citizen, a figure of some public importance. He isn’t. While the news outlet criticized the embrace of Trump by Christian evangelicals, they did not mention that he has been adjudicated to be a man guilty of “sexual abuse” and has been indicted multiple times for crimes in…
