Some days, everything we try to say as journalists comes out wrong. People notice, and people are picky.
Wife of a Bears’ lineman wins a bronze medal today in Rio Olympics https://t.co/kwZoGY0xAX pic.twitter.com/VZrjOvr80h
— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) August 7, 2016
And so forth. As always, there were men who stepped up in their own way to sound supportive:
@chicagotribune filled with hope for my daughters’ future that this anonymous woman’s husband gave her permission to #bringhomethegold
— Julie Silver (@JulieAnnSilver) August 8, 2016
@chicagotribune Nice one, dickheads.
— Ferdinand Kingsley (@ferdosnandos) August 7, 2016
But what did the next day bring? Donald Trump, pimping a crowd in North Carolina about the Second Amendment. This time, I’m the picky reader.
Given the media’s hesitation to declare what Trump meant, his camp had all the room in the world to insist on what he didn’t mean. The Tribune reported that Trump headquarters blamed the “dishonest media” for misinterpreting him, while Trump himself told Sean Hannity he was talking about voting power and “there can be no other interpretation.”
