ABC is in President Donald Trump's crosshairs this week. He attacked the network's late-night host Jimmy Kimmel in a post-midnight social media post, saying ABC should “get the bum off the air.”

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.today/post/42153422

President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks against ABC and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday, urging the network to “get the bum off the air” in a social media post sent shortly after the comic’s latest episode ended.

The president this week had also expressed anger at the network’s chief White House correspondent, Mary Bruce, for questions she asked in an Oval Office meeting, which his press staff followed with a 17-point memo listing grievances against ABC News.

  • TeamAssimilation
    101·
    24 days ago

    In my experience, when a controversial and populist president wants to control the direction of his critics, they do outlandish and ridiculous statements/actions like this one.

    The idea is that critics focus on a stupid, irrelevant thing while they do more harmful things freely. It’s a distraction.