Disgraceful Media Coverage of Bush Funeral

We should not be fooled by the respect that the media gave to President George HW Bush in covering his funeral. If you read between the lines, the constant comparison and contrasts  between Bush’s gentlemanliness and willingness to reach across the aisle and compromise with the style of President Trump kept surfacing.

There were also times when you didn’t have to read between the lines. ABC, for example, mused about how Trump would envision his own funeral.

https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/abc-news-imagines-president-trumps-vision-for-his-funeral

Of course, the grand daddy of biased media, MSNBC, had to make a big deal of Trump’s entry into National Cathedral and his greetings to the Obamas (but not the Clintons).

What this was all about was the media using any and all opportunities to bash Trump on the most inappropriate occasions. Not that they loved President George HW Bush all that much. Remember how they played up the “wimp factor” when he was running for election/re-election? They mocked his gentlemanly manner and used the word “wimp” to describe him. This, a man who was a fighter pilot in World War II and was shot down over the Pacific Ocean after completing a bombing run. He was fished out of the ocean after 4 hours by a submarine.

This man was no wimp. He was a war hero.

But why would the media spend so much time bashing Trump during its coverage of the Bush funeral. Can’t they put it aside for a couple of days? President Bush and his family deserved much better. President Trump also deserved better.

Even if you don’t like Trump, you have to worry about the state of our news media in this country.