There's only one word that comes to mind when looking at the current media landscape as it pertains to lucid coverage of Donald Trump Donald John TrumpBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Trump dismisses climate change role in fires, says Newsom needs to manage forest better Jimmy Kimmel hits Trump for rallies while hosting Emmy Awards MORE and Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE:



Lazy.



Sorry, two words:



Utterly lazy.



Make it five:



Utterly lazy and hopelessly partisan.



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Never before has it been so easy to point out the obvious, overwhelming hypocrisy that exists in coverage of this presidential election. It's not even close. The examples are blatant and easy enough for an aspiring media reporter in his or her sophomore year to spot.Exhibit A today in what has become a series of almost-daily examples of media coverage of Trump and Clinton — which polls show are the most flawed and untrustworthy candidates to run for president in the history of the country — comes in the form of Trump's inelegant and obviously inaccurate comments around President Obama being "the founder of ISIS."Is that true? Absolutely not. And the media should take him to the mat for saying it and even repeating it when given the chance to clarify.No worries. Almost all have across the board. Especially CNN, who prides itself on instantaneous fact-checking via on-screen chyrons as illustrated below.

NEW: Donald Trump says only way Hillary Clinton can win Pennsylvania "is if cheating goes on;" does not specify if he is being sarcastic. — NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) August 12, 2016 NBC did the same in sending out this Tweet from its Nightly News feed.

But Trump's issues with the press go far beyond NBC and CNN. It's been an avalanche of negativity around the "founder" comment.

Those anti-Trump — voters and most of media alike — argue that Hillary Clinton, a former secretary of State, would never dream of engaging in such hyperbole on this topic against an opponent.



Except she has.



Earlier in the campaign season, Clinton said, "Trump is becoming ISIS's best recruiter. They are going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists."



Is that true? Absolutely not.