Media goes weirdly nuclear on Donald Trump after New Hampshire primary win
The Huffington Post isn't being subtle about its opinion of Donald Trump's win in the New Hampshire primary.
On Tuesday, the publication turned the critique up a notch, declaring on its homepage that "NH GOES RACIST SEXIST XENOPHOBIC."
The headline appeared just minutes after Trump was projected by a variety of media organizations to win the New Hampshire primary for the Republican Party. The win helped to cement Trump's position as the party's frontrunner for the nomination.
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HuffPo wasn't the only one. The New York Daily News, which has already taken plenty of shots at Trump, took their sharpest one yet with an early preview of Wednesday's cover, which showed Trump as a zombie clown.
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HuffPo had recently begun to include a disclaimer on all articles about Trump and his presidential run that reads: "Note to our readers: Donald Trump is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist, birther and bully who has repeatedly pledged to ban all muslims -- 1.6 billion members of an entire religion -- from entering the U.S."
Before that, the site had been putting coverage of his campaign in its "entertainment" section, arguing that his candidacy was more for show than anything else.
It walked back that decision in December with a note from founder Arianna Huffington entitled "A Note on Trump: We Are No Longer Entertained."
Trump hasn't been shy in firing back. He claimed that the press "didn't treat me right" after his second-place finish in Iowa. On Wednesday morning, he fired back at the Daily News and its owner, Mort Zuckerman.
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Jason Abbruzzese is a Business Reporter at Mashable. He covers the media and telecom industries with a particular focus on how the Internet is changing these markets and impacting consumers. Prior to working at Mashable, Jason served as Markets Reporter and Web Producer at the Financial Times. Jason holds a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University and an M.A. in International Affairs from Australian National University.
