Fox’s John Roberts faces criticism for controversial report on Trump’s Pittsburgh trip

Make sure to let us know what you think... we now have comments turned ON below the article!

President Donald Trump — along with his wife Melania, eldest daughter Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared Kushner — traveled to Pittsburgh on Tuesday to comfort and console the community while paying respects to the victims of the anti-Semitic mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue last weekend — but some reports didn’t characterize the president’s trip as the respectful visit that it was.

Even Fox News’ chief White House correspondent John Roberts focused on the opposition in his reports of the president’s trip, falsely implying that so-called Jewish leaders in Pittsburgh failed to welcome Trump to their hometown.

In fact, Breitbart reported that a number of media outlets ran with stories on Monday that claimed that the community’s “Jewish leaders” wanted Trump to more forcefully and explicitly condemn “white nationalism” before visiting their city — a “fake news” story that Roberts uncritically perpetuated at least three times on the air on Monday.

Leftist PAC perpetuates fake news

Despite the implication that all “Jewish leaders” in Pittsburgh had denounced Trump’s planned visit with survivors, it turned out that the so-called leaders cited by the media were members of a left-wing political action committee known as “Bend the Arc,” which is wholly committed to seeing leftist progressive Democrats elected to high office.

The Bend the Arc PAC was founded by Alex Soros — son of leftist billionaire and progressive financier George Soros — and, according to Politico in 2015, the group “will back progressive candidates by making direct contributions to their campaign committees. It will focus on issues such as income inequality, marriage equality, social justice and immigration reform.”

However, the actual “Jewish leader” of the targeted temple — Tree of Life synagogue Rabbi Jeffrey Myers — said on Monday that “the president of the United States is always welcome. I’m a citizen, he is my president. He is certainly welcome.”

Roberts continues false narrative

Despite this, Roberts pressed White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders at Monday’s media briefing: “Eleven Jewish leaders in the Pittsburgh area say that the president’s visit is not welcome, unless and until he denounces fully and forthrightly white nationalism. Does the White House believe this president has done enough to denounce white nationalism?”

As she has done previously in response to the repeated liberal narrative that Trump is a hateful bigoted racist, Sanders replied: “The president has denounced racism, hatred, and bigotry in all forms on a number of occasions. We’ll continue to do that. I’m doing it here today.”

Nevertheless, Roberts repeated the false narrative that all “Jewish leaders” in Pittsburgh stood opposed to the president’s visit at least two more times on Monday, first during Shepard Smith’s mid-afternoon news program and again during Bret Baier’s Special Report in the early evening.

Neither anchor pushed back against the false insinuation from Roberts’ report.

[show_poll poll_id=987]

John Roberts is far from being the worst of the anti-Trump journalists in the media, but his disdain for the president has been made obvious before — and it shouldn’t be all that surprising that he would either willingly spread “fake news” against Trump or uncritically accept the narrative and help pass it along without fully checking it out himself.

By no means does Roberts have to like the president; most viewers don’t care if a reporter personally likes the subject of their story or not. But viewers do expect journalists — especially from Fox News — to be forthright and transparent in their reports, to share all sides of a story, and allow viewers to reach their own conclusions, rather than spread only misleading parts of a story with an intent to push viewers into a particular predetermined conclusion.

387 Responses

  1. Thanks for sharing superb informations. Your site is so cool. I’m impressed by the details that you’ve on this blog. It reveals how nicely you understand this subject. Bookmarked this web page, will come back for more articles. You, my pal, ROCK! I found just the information I already searched everywhere and just couldn’t come across. What a great web-site.

  2. Hey There. I found your weblog using msn. This is a very neatly written article. I will make sure to bookmark it and come back to learn extra of your helpful information. Thank you for the post. I’ll definitely comeback.

  3. A lot of thanks for every one of your labor on this web site. My mother really loves participating in research and it’s simple to grasp why. Many of us hear all concerning the dynamic mode you make practical suggestions via the web site and as well recommend contribution from others on this matter while our child is in fact starting to learn a lot. Enjoy the rest of the year. You’re the one performing a dazzling job.

  4. Do you have a spam issue on this blog; I also am a blogger, and I was wanting to know your situation; we have created some nice methods and we are looking to trade techniques with others, why not shoot me an e-mail if interested.

  5. Whats Happening i’m new to this, I stumbled upon this I have discovered It absolutely useful and it has aided me out loads. I’m hoping to give a contribution & help different customers like its helped me. Good job.

  6. Hello! I could have sworn I’ve been to this blog before but after browsing through some of the post I realized it’s new to me. Anyhow, I’m definitely glad I found it and I’ll be book-marking and checking back often!

  7. Thanks for discussing your ideas. I’d also like to say that video games have been actually evolving. Technology advances and revolutions have helped create reasonable and interactive games. Most of these entertainment video games were not that sensible when the actual concept was being experimented with. Just like other kinds of technologies, video games way too have had to grow as a result of many years. This is testimony on the fast continuing development of video games.

  8. Simple & Powerful Uploadea is Amazingly easy to Use where to Store Your Data & Save Your Countless Time

  9. Today, while I was at work, my cousin stole my apple ipad and tested to see if it can survive a twenty five foot drop, just so she can be a youtube sensation. My apple ipad is now broken and she has 83 views. I know this is completely off topic but I had to share it with someone!

  10. What i don’t realize is in reality how you are not really a lot more neatly-preferred than you may be right now. You are very intelligent. You recognize therefore significantly in terms of this matter, produced me personally imagine it from so many numerous angles. Its like men and women don’t seem to be fascinated except it’s something to do with Lady gaga! Your individual stuffs great. At all times take care of it up!

  11. There are definitely a lot of particulars like that to take into consideration. That could be a nice point to convey up. I provide the ideas above as basic inspiration but clearly there are questions just like the one you bring up the place the most important thing will be working in trustworthy good faith. I don?t know if greatest practices have emerged around things like that, however I am sure that your job is clearly recognized as a fair game. Both boys and girls feel the impression of just a second’s pleasure, for the remainder of their lives.

  12. We are a top-rated Tampa Based Digital Marketing Agency. Our revenue generation and business strategies through various marketing channels and methods can scale up any companies brand management, sales or overall functionality

  13. Thanks for giving your ideas. I’d also like to express that video games have been at any time evolving. Today’s technology and improvements have served create authentic and interactive games. These kinds of entertainment video games were not that sensible when the actual concept was first being used. Just like other areas of know-how, video games also have had to develop by means of many years. This is testimony towards the fast progression of video games.

  14. I’ve been absent for a while, but now I remember why I used to love this web site. Thanks , I will try and check back more frequently. How frequently you update your site?

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Popular