ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SOCIAL MEDIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The conclusion of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation has discredited media ‘all over the world,’ President Donald Trump tweeted Tuesday [3-26-19] morning, celebrating the special counsel’s findings by slamming the news coverage of Mueller’s probe…Trump and his allies have relentlessly attacked the media since Mueller concluded that no one on Trump’s 2016 campaign conspired to work with Russian agents to influence the 2016 presidential election and was unable to conclude whether Trump sought to obstruct justice. Most of the ire has been focused on pundits on Twitter and cable news, where the Russia investigation was covered extensively, and has drawn mixed calls for introspection and a media reckoning. On Monday [3-25-19], the president’s reelection campaign urged networks to reconsider the Democrats they invited on their programs, suggesting several familiar cable news faces — including several House committee chairmen — be blacklisted from the airwaves for ‘lying to the American people by vigorously and repeatedly claiming there was evidence of collusion.’”
–Caitlin Oprysko, “Trump: Media disgraced ‘all over the world’ following Mueller revelations,” Politico, March 26, 2019 8:13 am