MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell fiercely rebuked The New York Times on Monday for “sane-washing” Donald Trump’s nonsensical ramblings and pointed out the newspaper’s latest infraction.
The Times published an article on Monday headlined, “As Debate Looms, Trump Is Now the One Facing Questions About Age and Capacity.” It pointed to voter concerns about “his rambling, sometimes incoherent public statements.”
“The Times article does not use the term sane-washing — which describes the way some in the news media edit Donald Trump’s crazy statements down to a shape that allows them to then try to make sense of them — but the article does offer The New York Times’ own confession about doing exactly that,” O’Donnell said on “The Last Word.”
The so-called “confession” came in a passage in the article where the Times reflects on the former president’s recent word salad response to a question about how he would make child care more affordable.
The Times…