Donald Trump
Reality has broken through the Huffington Post’s Trump embargo.
An editorial mandate consigning the Republican presidential candidate to the website’s Entertainment page has been in place since July. Two articles on Trump posted Oct. 24, “A Tales of Two Bullies,” and “U.S. Should Charge to Protect Defense Welfare Clients: Donald Trump Got One Idea Right,” were posted to the website’s Politics page.
“After watching and listening to Donald Trump since he announced his candidacy for president, we have decided we won’t report on Trump’s campaign as part of the Huffington Post’s political coverage. Instead, we will cover his campaign as part of our Entertainment section. Our reason is simple: Trump’s campaign is a sideshow. We won’t take the bait,” Huffington Post editorial director Danny Shea announced on the website July 17.
Media watchdog Newsbusters first reported on the surreptitious change in policy Monday.
“Instead of licking their wounds by publicly eating humble pie and admit they were wrong, the Huffington Post seems to be very quietly placing Trump stories on their Politics page and hoping that nobody notices the change. Well, guess what? Your humble correspondent has noticed,” Newsbusters’ P.J. Gladnick wrote.
One of the Huffington Post’s articles covered Trump’s suggestion the U.S. should charge allies for security services its military supplies. The other covered alleged bullying tactics employed by Trump and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
Trump has been the Republican front-runner for the 2016 presidential nomination for months, although a New New York Times/CBS News survey released Tuesday lists retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson with a slight four-point lead.
The new poll has Carson taking 26 percent of Republican primary voters nationally compared to Trump’s 22 percent, WND reported. The sampling error, however, is at plus or minus six percentage points for each candidate.
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