How seriously should Americans take media folk who say the President’s press criticism is too harsh even as they blame him for murders he did not commit? This column is not in the habit of labelling all shoddy reporting and commentary as “fake news.” The term should perhaps be reserved for discussions among non-doctors on cable news programs who purport to issue long-distance diagnoses of Donald Trump’s mental health. But who can defend the current widespread media effort to blame the President for a murderous rampage in Pittsburgh...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 30, 2018 21:41 UTC