Trump Raged At Fox News To Take A Host ‘Off The Air’… And Oof, It Revealed A Lot
Minister Donald Trump Attacked Fox News host once again Jessica Tarlov – but this time he publicly called for it to be taken off the air.
One Real Social post In an article published Monday night, Trump accused “Fox News Sunday” host Shannon Bream of failing to turn down Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), a guest on his show, for “spreading Democrat propaganda and lies.” He then turned his sights on Tarlov, the resident Democrat on the Fox News show “The Five,” calling Tarlov “a real loser” and telling Fox executives to fire him.
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“For Fox execs only, take Jessica Tarlov off the air,” Trump wrote. “One of the worst ‘personalities’ on television, from his voice to his lies to everything about him, he’s a real loser!”
Trump, who has a history of attacking the press and berating female journalists, has targeted Tarlov before.
when trump called When he appeared on “The Five” for an interview last month, he told the hosts that he was not a “fan” of Tarlov, who was not around that day. He said he was “glad” she wasn’t there and accused her of using “fake” voting numbers that reflected the majority of Americans agreeing. I disapprove of Trump’s job performance.
“I think your show would be better without him, but who am I to say that?” said Tarlov’s co-hosts as they smiled and laughed. “I think it will be much better.”
Jessica Tarlov photographed at Fox News Channel Studios in New York City on March 5, 2024. Roy Rochlin via Getty Images
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Trump also filed a complaint against Tarlov after calling him a “disgrace of broadcast television” after Tarlov reported on a negative poll last June. A Real Social post. HE called him “a real loser” days later.
Trump’s latest attack on Tarlov is alarming, if not surprising. Jacob NeiheiselAssociate professor of political science at the University at Buffalo College of Arts and Sciences told HuffPost.
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“It is concerning that Trump has repeatedly called for journalists to be fired, because it shows so little respect for a free press,” he said.
Experts say Trump’s call for Tarlov’s removal speaks volumes.
Neiheisel said Trump’s call for Fox executives to take Tarlov off the air “shows that he thinks very little, at least outwardly, about the protections afforded to the press.”
“It’s equally sad that the media ecosystem, as currently structured, encourages him to think he has a voice at a place like FOX,” he said.
“We’ve seen some evidence of this effect before (such as text messages between them) FOX and management media personalities appeared during domination case), but the more partisan or ideological media outlets that currently exist are all very well connected to political parties as it stands,” he continued.
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“Although every president gets frustrated with the press at some point,” he said, “if the press thinks the president is always on his side, he’s not doing his job.” Peter Logeassociate professor of media and public relations and director of the Ethics in Political Communication Project at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs.
“This is something President Trump has done over and over again during both his first and second terms in office: mocking the press, belittling the press, calling them the enemy of the people [and] “He is particularly derogatory towards women in the press corps,” he said. “This is part of his course of action, and many voters support it.”
“The point is, if the press responds, if the press bends to his whims, then that becomes a problem because then the free press is not doing its job in holding power to account,” he continued.
Loge emphasized that being challenged by the press is part of being a public servant. “If you don’t want the press to criticize you, don’t run for office,” he said.
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“President Trump’s post about Jessica Tarlov is another example of Trump’s belief that he has a role in shaping the news cycle, particularly in punishing those who offer views critical of him or his administration,” he said. Andrew GeronimoHe directs the First Amendment Clinic within the Milton and Charlotte Kramer Legal Clinic Center at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.
Geronimo told HuffPost that Trump’s choice to address “exclusively Fox executives” in his post could point to the president having a history of calling. will pick and choose which reporters will report on him.He is “slowly learning” that this is “a textbook First Amendment violation of a government actor using government power to target speakers based on their point of view” — and may have tried to frame his post this way: idea against the threat of using government power.
Still, Geronimo said Trump’s criticism of Tarlov was “typical of Trump’s obsession with being portrayed only in a positive light.”
Experts emphasize that it is important to draw attention to Trump’s attacks on journalists.
With Many worrying problems at home and abroad Experts stressed that it is important to continue to call out Trump’s attacks on the press to raise concerns, otherwise we risk normalizing this behavior.
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Neiheisel said it’s important not to “normalize” comments like Trump’s latest attack on Tarlov, because “it may be entirely too easy to accept this type of rhetoric as the new normal on the American political scene.”
But he cautioned that “it is also important not to treat all violations of democratic norms as if they were of the same type.”
“Some things happening right now are certainly more distressing than others, and if every violation of norms is treated as inherently equal, we run the risk of them becoming background noise for the average American,” he said.
“With so many things happening, it can seem difficult to know what to respond to or how to respond,” Loge said. “Whatever the power does, and regardless of whether you like the people in power, I think it’s important to hold the power accountable.”
“If the president asks for the dismissal of a reporter [whom] “You don’t like it, the press should report it,” he continued later.
Loge noted that many of Trump’s supporters like the fact that he isn’t “showy” or “overly scripted.”
“However, many of his actions and behaviors, especially in the last two weeks, were truly unpresidential, unprofessional, degrading to the office, and not the kind of behavior we expect from the commander-in-chief of the oldest democracy in the world,” he said.
Geronimo said we should not “normalize the government’s attacks on the First Amendment’s fundamental protections of free speech and freedom of the press.”
While the president has threatened to directly or indirectly punish media outlets “for expressing negative views,” he said it is important to remember: “Our constitutional system is designed to ensure that the government lacks the broad censorship powers to control content and editorial decisions that Trump often asserts.”
The original version of this story appeared earlier on HuffPost.
