POLL: What was the worst media take of the week? (Vote below)
NOMINEES:
1. George Stephanopoulos: “Trump’s Retribution Campaign” Reached A “New and Ominous Level”
“President Trump’s retribution campaign reached a new and ominous level late yesterday. The first criminal indictment of a man Trump considers a political enemy. Since the Watergate scandal, more than 50 years ago, presidents have refrained from interfering directly in criminal prosecutions by the Justice Department. The facts surrounding the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey showed that those norms have been shattered.”
— Co-host George Stephanopoulos opening ABC’s Good Morning America, September 26.
2. Jane Fonda: Trump Is “Amassing Power In A Way That Will Destroy Our Democracy”
“No president has ever sent troops into the Democratic cities across the country, saying ‘full force.’ No president, as far as I know, has tried to control the Federal Reserve, the central bank. He is amassing power in a way that will destroy our democracy.”
— Actress/activist Jane Fonda on CNN’s Inside Politics with Dana Bash, October 1.
3. Joy Behar: I’m “Skeptical” That America Will “Survive” Trump
“If you guys think that we can survive another three-and-a-half years of this, I think you’re delusional….Every day, this guy is undoing something in this country that we value. Every day! It’s every day is a shock and awe here. And I, for one, am skeptical that we will survive this.”
— Co-host Joy Behar on ABC’s The View, September 30.
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