Democratic Rep. Stephen Lynch says the media’s “steady drumbeat of attack” against President Trump has destroyed their credibility.
“I don’t think he’s been treated fairly in the media,” the Massachusetts representative told WBZ NewsRadio 1030’s Joe Mathieu on Wednesday, Mediaite reported.
“I thought that one of the biggest casualties of this past election was the credibility of the media,” Mr. Lynch said. “I read probably six or seven newspapers a day, my staff sends me the clips, and there was just a steady drumbeat of attack against Donald Trump.
“It seemed like some press outlets became completely unshackled from responsible journalism,” he added.
Mr. Lynch said he noticed a dramatic shift in Mr. Trump’s first address to Congress Tuesday night from his previous, “sometimes inflammatory rhetoric.”
“I thought he was much more conciliatory,” the Democrat said. “He urged us at one part to get past the trivial differences and work together. That’s not been his mode of operating, at least up until this point.”
Mr. Lynch said he remains “highly skeptical” of Mr. Trump’s ability to follow through on a lot of his promises, including replacing Obamacare and building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
“We’ll just have to wait and see if his actions are similar to the speech last night, or more akin to what we’ve seen thus far,” he told WBZ.
• Jessica Chasmar can be reached at jchasmar@washingtontimes.com.
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