Mon Sep 23 17:22:51 UTC 2024: ## CNN Analyst Defends Media’s Coverage of Trump, Calls Him “Incoherent”
**New York, NY** – CNN analyst and New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman defended the media’s coverage of former President Donald Trump, arguing that the media has done a “very good job” in portraying his “incoherent” and frequently untruthful rhetoric.
Haberman’s remarks came during an interview on NPR’s Fresh Air, where she was asked about the “level of bitterness” in politics and criticisms of the media’s coverage of Trump. She acknowledged that there may be individual instances where coverage could have been improved, but she firmly pushed back against claims that the media is somehow helping Trump by giving him undeserved credibility.
Haberman noted that Trump’s rhetoric is “head-and-shoulders worse” than that of his critics, and his frequent use of untruths poses a significant challenge to traditional news reporting. “The systems are just fundamentally…not built to deal with somebody who says things that are not true as often as he does or speaks as incoherently as he often does,” she said.
Haberman also criticized what she called an “industry dedicated toward attacking the media,” especially regarding their coverage of Trump. She specifically highlighted criticism from the left, which she believes is misguided. “I don’t see how they think they are a solution by undermining faith in what we do,” she said, expressing confusion over the motivations behind such attacks.
Haberman attributed Trump’s ongoing popularity to a significant portion of the electorate who “take seriously what he’s saying” and are not swayed by media coverage. Ultimately, she defended the media’s role in providing information about Trump, stating that “most of the information that the public has about Trump is because of reporting by the media.”
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