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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
25 Jul 2023
Boston Herald editorial staff


NextImg:Editorial: RFK Jr. has nothing on Trump when it comes to media attacks

Note to Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.: You are no Donald Trump.

According to the Democratic presidential candidate, the media is ganging up on him, and he’s been slammed “even more than President Trump was slammed” by mainstream media outlets.

“I’ve been really, you know, slammed in a way that I think is unprecedented,” Kennedy said during an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures.”

No, you haven’t.

The anti-Trump media feeding frenzy began even before the 45th president took office.

“A Trump White House could mean gaudy gold decor and tacky touches,” read a New York Daily News headline. That came out on Nov. 8, 2016, election day.

Media outlets turned to psychoanalysts to do armchair diagnoses of Trump. They were never favorable.

Trump was criticized for his food choices (he apparently favors a well-done steak, which was deemed a sacrilege. Worse as he prefers it with ketchup.)

When former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski wrote “Let Trump Be Trump,” the former president’s  McDonald’s order of “two Big Macs, two Fillet-O-Fish, and a chocolate malted,” was grist for gleeful sniping. Dietitians weighed in and found him wanting.

The media took potshots at Trump for his hair, his skin tone (is it tanning or makeup they wondered), the size of his fingers, and even how his suits fit.

A piece in the Business Insider noted  “It comes down to fit, as ever. His suits are cut too big, with absurdly wide pant legs and sleeves too long. It makes the whole ensemble look cheap, just as his fire engine red tie does. Speaking of ties, his are frequently much too long and often hang between his legs.”

Trump’s vocabulary was particularly parsed. London’s Independent wrote in 2018: “An analysis of the President’s first 30,000 words uttered in office found Mr Trump speaks at a third- to seventh-grade reading level – lower than any other President since 1929. BuMr Trump’s vocabulary and grammatical structure is “significantly more simple, and less diverse” than any President since Herbert Hoover, the analysis by online database Factba.se found.

The liberal-leaning media couldn’t, and can’t, abide Trump, and it showed.

They even took aim at the White House Christmas decorations for heaven’s sake.

It isn’t surprising, however, that RFK Jr. sees himself as oppressed. These days, grievance politics sells. And if he can’t paint a strong picture of potential presidential leadership, then victimhood will have to do.

As Politico reported, vaccine-skeptic Kennedy faced backlash for his stances on vaccines, particularly recent comments he made suggesting that the coronavirus could have been “targeted to attack Caucasians and Black people,” while sparing Jewish and Chinese people. Kennedy denied allegations of racism and antisemitism, saying on Twitter: “I have never, ever suggested that the Covid-19 virus was targeted to spare Jews.”

That backpedaling won’t sell – not even in Kennedy country.

“I mean, listen, if I believed the stuff that’s written about me in the papers and reported about me on the mainstream news sites, I would definitely not vote for me,” Kennedy told Maria Bartiromo.

A possible bright note for RFK Jr.: he could run as a third-party candidate. The Pity Party.

Editorial cartoon for July 25, 2023. (Gary Varvel, Creators)

Editorial cartoon for July 25, 2023. (Gary Varvel, Creators)