New York (CNN Business) In January, Disney was nevertheless waiting to buy Fox, Deadspin had been still challenging the worlds associated with sports and politics, and Dorothy Sanders was still the White-colored House press secretary. Trump’s mendacity and his propaganda machine’s complicity hit new heights throughout the impeachment inquiry. Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler reported at the end of the entire year that “Trump said more fake or misleading claims in 2019 than he did in 2017 and 2018 combined. ” There have been signs of exhaustion and numbness — the ever-present “Trump fatigue. inch The president’s near-daily complaints about this news media almost faded into the history, but there were times when the severe nature of his rhetoric has been newly shocking. In June this individual accused the New York Times of the “virtual act of treason” plus vulnerable a Time journalist with prison over the Kim Jong Un … Continue reading Media at a flashpoint: 2019 year in review