More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.
On Thursday, both NBC’s Today and CBS This Morning saw Donald Trump’s presidential bid spelling disaster for the Republican Party in 2016. On Today, correspondent Peter Alexander touted how the “controversy” surrounding Trump’s anti-illegal immigration comments had “proven to be some pretty good politics among some Republicans,” with Trump having “jumped to second place among Republicans in a recent national poll.”
A soundbite followed of The Washington Post’s Robert Costa proclaiming: “This makes the Republican establishment squirm. In phone calls this week they have been commenting on Trump's controversies and wondering, ‘Is this going to be the story for the Republican race?’”