For many in the media and judiciary, Trump and the GOP are guilty until proven innocent

Several recent stories in the news underscore that, when it comes to the American judicial system and the mainstream media, President Trump and various Republicans are going to be continually painted in the worst light possible. These partisan portrayals create an advantage for the Democratic Party and all of its policies, grievances, grudges and campaigns.

To highlight this ever-evolving tactic, well-known venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya was recently on CNBC and recalled the moment he realized he had been “lied to” about Trump.  

“The reality is that most of us were lied to by the media about President Trump. If you just go back to the source material, you should take away two things,” Palihapitiya said. “One, he didn’t say half the things they said he said. Two, why did these other people just fabricate what they wanted to say so that they could essentially assassinate his character?”

The answer to the question is as transparent as polished glass. They “fabricated” because they know that the mainstream media has been in the tank for the Democrats and the left for decades, and that, having torched its last shreds of professionalism upon entering the “Age of Trump,” they would gleefully “report” any and every falsehood targeting Trump, his administration and the greater Republican Party. 

As a recent example of that tactic, look no further than the “reporting” surrounding longtime Sen. Mitch McConnell. After the Kentucky Republican’s June 14 medical issue, much of the mainstream media and the left’s noise machine rolled out one conspiracy theory after another:  McConnell was “dead,” “brain-dead,” had a........

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