Veteran political analyst Mark Halperin on Friday criticized major media outlets, accusing them of “ridiculously biased” coverage of former President Donald Trump’s recent comments about Liz Cheney.

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News outlets including CNN, the Washington Post (WaPo), and the New York Times criticized President Trump’s comments with CNN. I’m saying President Trump escalated his violent rhetoric against his opponents, saying Cheney, a “war hawk”, should be “shot”. Wapo reported that he noted her frequent use of graphic depictions of violence and suggested that the gun should be “trained in her face.” Halperin made it clear that President Trump’s comments were intended to make a larger point about military intervention.

“The reporting is incredibly biased, and we’re seeing that today with the reporting of what Donald Trump said about Liz Cheney, which is just completely taken out of context and completely distorted. ” Halperin explained. “You can criticize what Donald Trump has said about Liz Cheney, but he doesn’t think she would be the same if Liz Cheney herself had to go to war.” You can’t criticize what he’s being accused of when he claims he’s eager to send U.S. troops overseas. ”

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Halperin also suggested that while cable opinion shows can get away with sensationalism, newspapers like the Washington Post and New York Times have a “journalistic responsibility” to strive for accuracy and fairness. .

“And there are some opinion shows on cable that are like opinion shows. I’m not saying it’s acceptable to distort the truth, but it’s a little different. The Washington Post and the New York Times, which purport to be objective. Look at the coverage. I mean, it’s just unfortunate,” Halperin added.

At an event Thursday in Arizona with Tucker Carlson, Trump spoke of Cheney’s continued opposition, especially to swaying moderate Republicans, who recently stopped campaigning alongside Vice President Kamala Harris. I answered questions about what I was doing. According to To the Associated Press. President Trump called Cheney “mentally insane” and claimed that if she had her way, “she would take us to 50 countries.”

“She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s give her a rifle and stand there and let nine barrels fire at her. Okay, let’s see how she feels about it.” Let’s see, you know, when there’s a gun pointed at her face,” Trump said, the Associated Press reported. (Related: CNN climate reporter warns Trump victory could impact ‘life on Earth’)

Cheney too answered In response to President Trump’s comments on He warned them not to entrust their freedom to others.

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