MSM coverage of Trump: what’s covered vs. what’s omitted

[Courier Newsroom]( Donald Trump is masterful at exploiting the mainstream media’s flaws to spread conspiracy theories, lies, and hate. Of those flaws, the media’s commitment to telling “both sides” of a political story has been the easiest to exploit. Trump won the White House in 2016 by spreading endless lies about Hillary Clinton, knowing full well that the media would take the bait. [Before we talk about how Courier is working to fight back against that dynamic ahead of the 2024 presidential race, can you pitch in $5 or anything you can right now ahead of our end-of-quarter deadline? Your support will allow our talented news teams to tell the whole truth about Donald Trump in key battleground states nationwide.]( This week, Trump and President Biden held dueling events in Michigan — ostensibly in support of striking UAW autoworkers. President Biden became the first president to picket alongside striking workers. Meanwhile, Trump staged a sham photo op at a nonunion factory, giving a campaign speech filled with lies and hallucinations about his previous record of supporting workers. The truth, of course is that Donald Trump’s administration was one of the most hostile to unions in our nation’s history. Under the Trump administration, auto manufacturing jobs fell. Trump once proposed gutting the auto industry in Michigan and moving the jobs to states where workers aren’t paid a fair wage. So how did mainstream outlets do in covering Trump’s speech? Spoiler alert: not good! [When it comes to covering Donald Trump, the mainstream media often falls short of reporting the whole story.]( Rather than calling out Trump’s blatant lies and history of hostility towards Michigan’s workforce, the mainstream media focused on the so-called “horse race,” framing the dueling campaign stops as a contest to win working-class voters in Michigan. On the other hand, here’s what coverage looked like in our Michigan newsroom, The Gander: [Unlike mainstream media outlets, our Michigan newsroom, The Gander is committed to providing its readers with the whole truth and nothing else.]( At Courier, our network of local newsrooms nationwide is dedicated to telling audiences the whole truth, no matter what. We will never compromise our values or back down from right-wing efforts to use the media to spread lies and hate. But to continue doing this important work, we’ll need to continue to amass the resources necessary to counter right-wing misinformation campaigns and the bad actors who knowingly spread them. [Can you chip in $5 today ahead of tomorrow's end-of-quarter deadline to power our innovative and accessible reporting?]( [Donate $5 »]( In solidarity, Courier Newsroom [DONATE »]( Email us: info@couriernewsroom.com This email was sent to [{EMAIL}](#). Email is a critical way we communicate with grassroots supporters like you. However, if you would like to change your subscription preferences, here are some options: - [Receive Fewer Emails]( - [Update Your Information]( - [Unsubscribe]( To give by check: Courier Newsroom Box 509 New York, NY 10032 Â