On Friday’s broadcast of “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks said that “there are a lot of people out there who would fit both bills, who are good journalists and support Donald Trump.” And there need to be more Trump supporters on TV news, but former RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel was “clearly over the line” because “to be on our air or in our newspapers, you’ve got to have some intellectual credibility. You have to have some primary commitment to the truth and the truth above partisanship.”
Brooks said, “I was glad they had the instinct to get more Trump-supporting people on the air. I think that’s something we all need to work on. But here was someone clearly over the line. Like, to be on our air or in our newspapers, you’ve got to have some intellectual credibility. You have to have some primary commitment to the truth and the truth…
