By William H. Freivogel Opinion False and misleading statements from President Donald Trump and the White House pile up day-by-day, week-by-week, steadily undermining the president’s credibility and making him the most unpopular president in modern history at the six-month mark. Trump claims to have signed more bills than any other modern president. He hasn’t. He
opinion by William H. Freivogel The New York Times’ story about Donald Trump Jr.’s enthusiastic reaction to the prospect of getting dirt from Russia on Hillary Clinton is the biggest bombshell among the many big newspaper disclosures published during the first six months of the Trump presidency. Since the Russian scandal began, Trump has insisted
opinion by William H. Freivogel President Donald J. Trump can spend his entire presidency threatening the press, calling it the enemy, branding real news fake and fake news real. He can tweet crude attacks on female journalists and post nonsensical videos like the one of him beating up CNN in a parody of Wrestlemania. But
Opinion By William H. Freivogel Two stories by mainstream media – an excellent one by the Washington Post and a terrible one by CNN – have provided President Trump more material for his fairy tales on Twitter. The Post reported a heavily sourced and deeply researched story showing that President Obama reacted cautiously to
Commentary by William H. Freivogel During the Johnson and Nixon presidencies, the press talked about the credibility gap, first relating to Vietnam and later Watergate. During the Trump administration there is the credibility canyon. We begin with a president who has lied more than any other president over such a short time. Armies of