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NY Times once again caught sanewashing Trump’s unhinged rhetoric




The New York Times has once again been caught red-handed editing commentary
from President Donald Trump that makes his commentary seem less unhinged than
it truly is.

On Easter Sunday, Trump sent out a Truth Social post reading, “Tuesday will be
Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be
nothing like it!!! Open the Fuckin’ Strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be
living in Hell - JUST WATCH! Praise be to Allah. President DONALD J. TRUMP”

But in its initial report on Trump’s post, the comments had been edited by the
Times.




 



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The Times told its millions of readers about Trump’s comment that it would be
“power plant day and bridge day” but removed his statement about him wanting
Iran to “open the Fuckin’ Strait.” The report gave the impression that Trump’s
unhinged post was far more level-headed and sane than it truly was.

After online commentary noting the striking omission, the expletive was added
in later revisions to the story. But no editor’s note or correction was added,
leaving the false impression that the entirety of Trump’s remarks had always
been in the story.

The process of “sanewashing” Trump’s remarks has been practiced for years by
the mainstream media. This is the practice of reporting on what Trump said, but
removing the consistently strange, sexist, racist, homophobic, misogynistic,
and otherwise offensive context to his remarks. This isn’t merely the process
of editing out verbal tics, but instead leaving an impression of Trump that is
far different from the person he truly is.

Sanewashing Trump becomes a public relations boost for him, giving him a
political assist while he pursues an unpopular agenda both on foreign and
domestic policy. The Times is one of the most prominent practitioners of this
practice.




 



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For instance, in January when Trump appeared at the World Economics Forum in
Davos, Switzerland, he confused Greenland with Iceland during commentary on
possible U.S. military action against the sovereign territory. He also made the
cringeworthy statement that “they call me Daddy” in Greenland. The Times purged
the “daddy” comment from its report on Trump and simply noted that he had
purportedly ruled out the use of force.

Then in its report on Trump’s State of the Union speech in February, the Times
said Trump simply “put on a show” using the “slashing style of a natural
campaigner.” This description was used for a speech in which Trump engaged in
racist commentary about Somali immigrants living in Minnesota and defended the
ICE campaign of terror which has killed innocent Americans and terrorized
immigrants.

The Trump administration is using its power to attack free and independent
speech, both from individuals and from journalists. At the same time, news
outlets like CBS News are owned by Trump allies and acolytes like billionaire
David Ellison—while those same outlets censor news stories that undermine
pro-Trump narratives.

When outlets like the Times add their policy of sanewashing Trump and company
to the mix, it deprives the public of the truth and purges context from the
historical record.



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