{"id":88422,"date":"2016-02-26T16:02:59","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T00:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=88422"},"modified":"2016-02-26T16:02:59","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T00:02:59","slug":"the-wall-street-journals-war-on-donald-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=88422","title":{"rendered":"The Wall Street Journal\u2019s War on Donald Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Interest<\/a>: As Donald Trump continues his Shermanesque march through the Republican primaries, the Wall Street Journal <\/em>continues to fire relentless volleys of cheap shots, pot shots, and the paper\u2019s much hoped for gut shot. Just consider last week\u2019s run-up to what would be Trump\u2019s resounding South Carolina victory.<\/p>\n

Just days prior to the vote, the editorial page demanded<\/a> Trump release his tax returns to call into question the true wealth of the undisputed billionaire. In a front page lead story, reporters also featured a cooked up poll<\/a> claiming to show Trump falling behind Ted Cruz in a national poll.<\/p>\n

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This poll result was laughable on its face considering Cruz\u2019s weak South Carolina showing. Cruz lost every single<\/a> county, including those neck deep in evangelicals.<\/p>\n

More broadly, the Journal<\/em> has waged a relentless war on Trump\u2019s promise to crack down on China\u2019s currency manipulation<\/a>. It has falsely called into question Trump\u2019s clear understanding of the Trans-Pacific Partnership\u2014which the Journal<\/em> supports and Trump accurately describes as a horrible deal for American workers and domestic manufacturers.<\/p>\n

As reported in Breitbart<\/em><\/a>,<\/em> the Journal<\/em> is also fond of using op-ed surrogates to nip at Trump\u2019s heels. Examples include a \u201cpseudo-economics hit piece by Mary O\u2019Grady\u201d on Trump\u2019s anti-NAFTA position, a Karl Rove \u201ctake-out\u201d piece declaring Trump as a debate loser and another Rove stiletto describing Trump as the Democrat\u2019s \u201cdream nominee\u201d who would get \u201ccreamed\u201d in the general election.<\/p>\n

Just why is the world\u2019s journalistic beacon of capitalism trying to assassinate the character and candidacy of one of the world\u2019s leading beacons of capitalism in action? The answer may be found in two words: Rupert Murdoch.<\/p>\n

In a modern day version of Moby-Dick<\/em>, Murdoch has long sought to capture the \u201cRed Whale\u201d that is China\u2014and Murdoch has done this with far more success than Ahab. As a result of his quest, Murdoch\u2019s television channels broadcast more programming into China than any other foreign media group..<\/p>\n

Nor is Murdoch\u2019s success surprising given these New York Times <\/em><\/a>salvos<\/a> against the media mogul:<\/p>\n

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