James Carville demands more 'slanted coverage' of Trump, slams New York Times
Democratic strategist James Carville demanded more "slanted" media coverage of Donald Trump during his podcast on Thursday and called out the executive editor of The New York Times for saying the paper intended to "cover the full range of issues" in the presidential campaign, not just those favorable to one side.
"Now you have Joe Kahn, the new editor or publisher, whatever he is at The New York Times, saying, ‘We’re just got to cover this down the middle. We’re going to cover what it is.’ I don’t think that’s the role of the news media at a time when the entire Constitution is in peril," Carville said during his "Politics War Room" podcast, which was first reported by The Daily Caller.
"I don’t have anything against slanted coverage. I really don’t, I would have something against it at most other times in American history, but not right now. F--- your objectivity. The real objectivity in this country right now is we’re either going to have a Constitution or we’re not," Carville said.
Kahn pushed back on the idea the media needed to "abandon its central role as a source of impartial information" because Trump is considered a threat to democracy during an interview with Semafor in May. He said it wasn't the job of the Times to become "an instrument of the Biden campaign."
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"Everything else, from Hunter Biden’s gun application to Judge Merchan’s, I don’t know, $35 contribution, to all of the bulls--t that the professional center feels like they got to put out. I can’t tell you that these are bad people. They’re extremely naive people who have no idea what’s at stake in this election," Carville said.
"So I think we need slanted