According to Brent Bozell, liberal journalists would rather “cause mayhem” in the country than allow Donald Trump to be successful. The Media Research Center President appeared on the Fox Business Channel, Monday, to discuss the non-stop hostility in the press against Trump.
Bozell’s take: “They would rather bring the government down to a crashing halt and destroy America's credibility overseas and cause mayhem at a time of very serious, international crises.” He continued, “They would rather cause mayhem in America than acknowledge that this President has the right and a mandate from the American people to implement that which he promised to implement.”
Regarding the harsh attacks on top Trump aide Kellyanne Conway, Bozell told Stuart Varney:
She is a friend of mine. She is a good woman.... I've always known she was good, but I have been amazed at how the media have for six months thrown every kind of screwball at her and yet she has hit everything out of the park. Talk about despising. They despise her as well. So they're making a mountain out of any little molehill. They want to take her down. It is not going to succeed.
A transcript of the segment is below:
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Varney and Co.
2/13/17
11:13STUART VARNEY: We said it for a long time the mainstream media takes every opportunity to beat up the administration. How about this? Sunday's headline from the New York Times? It read thus: “Turmoil at the National Security Council from the top down.” The Washington Post, today, “Trump friend says Priebus,” that would be the President's chief of staff, “is in way over his head.” Joining us now Media Research President Brent Bozell. I, I think it is peaking, Brent. I do. And I say that because it is just like the emperor has no clothes. It is so obviously venomous and contemptuous and never ever stops. I think we the people can see through it. What say you?
BRENT BOZELL: He has been in office for one month and, the media are treating this like this is the been a quote, unquote, problem that has been enveloping this administration for a year. In fact, no, the wheels aren't coming off, and everyone knows the wheels aren't coming off. So what is going on? This is a press that despises Donald Trump, and this is left-wing, think about this for a second, Stuart, this is a left-wing that has nothing out there to promote. There is nothing out there to advance for the left. All they're left with is attacking the other side. This is a far left that has no problem whatsoever in going personal. Look how they have gone personal against Kellyanne Conway. Look how they're now going personal against Reince Priebus. They are going to do that about everyone. They have nothing to support. So their only option is to bring down. That's what they're doing.
VARNEY: Is Kellyanne Conway a friend of yours? Forgive me asking a personal question. But I think you know here very well.
BOZELL: Sure, she is. Stuart, she is a friend of mine. She is a good woman, I will tell you, I have been — I've always known she was good but I have been amazed at how the media have for six months thrown every kind of screwball at her and yet she has hit everything out of the park. Talk about despising. They despise her as well. So they're making a mountain out of any little molehill. They want to take her down. It is not going to succeed by the way. I think the more they attack her, the more the President is going to support her. But I think it is really a disgraceful. Yeah, she is a good friend of mine.
VARNEY: I've not seen any polls, I've not seen any public reaction to what's going on in the media. What I'm asking is, the media, is it just going over people's heads that they're not listening to the establishment media? They're not watching the CBS Evening News and all the rest of it, they're actually tuning in someplace else and they're thinking opposite what the media wants them to think?
BOZELL: Yeah, you look at polls. The polls show, trust in the media is going down. So, for all those people in the press that harp on the low approval ratings of Donald Trump, fine. Let's understand something. They are higher than the people reporting on the low approval ratings of Donald Trump.
VARNEY: Does this continue for four years? I mean, this is a frenzy of opposition to President Trump in the media. I can't believe that this keeps on going and going and going, surely?
BOZELL: I, well I suspect the administration is going to tell you it’s going to continue for eight years. But what does this tell you, Stuart? They would rather bring the government down to a crashing halt and destroy America's credibility overseas and cause mayhem at a time of very serious, international crises. They would rather cause mayhem in America, than acknowledge that this President has the right and a mandate from the American people to implement that which he promised to implement that which he promised to implement when he won the presidency.
VARNEY: All, for years and years and years I've been saying to you, Brent, that sooner or later this would come to an end. That the establishment media would see the light, that what America needs is growth and prosperity, and at that point the turning point would come and I've been wrong, wrong, wrong for years and years, and you're telling me that I'm going to keep on being wrong for years to come.
BOZELL: Yeah, but I'll share in that wrongness with you. I didn't see that after the election the media's reaction would be that they failed to understand what was going on, which was shorthand for saying very clearly they failed to stop Donald Trump and now they're going to do everything, they're not going to stop everything that is focused on derailing Donald Trump through personal attacks.
VARNEY: Okay.
BOZELL: Look, Stuart. You don't have to be a fan or a supporter, even having voted for Donald Trump to know what I'm saying is true.
