Not Good Enough: CBS Moves the Goalpost for Trump’s Texas Visit

Scott Whitlock | August 31, 2017
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[See NewsBusters for more.] The journalists on CBS This Morning on Thursday continued to look for any angle to attack Donald Trump on his response to Hurricane Harvey. The same network that was, just days ago, wondering if the President would be disruptive by visiting Texas is now criticizing him for not visiting flooded areas. On Thursday, Major Garrett derided, “Mr. Trump was criticized for not mentioning those killed in the storm during his Tuesday trip and for not visiting any floor-ravaged areas.” Portraying Trump as uncaring, Garrett continued, “The fact that he saw no damage first hand did not stop him from claiming on Twitter he witnessed, quote, ‘first hand the horror and devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey.'”

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