From Politico

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In the national media’s coverage of Donald Trump’s marathon acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, there was arguably one descriptor that ruled them all: “Dark.”

“Donald Trump Takes America on a Journey to the Dark Side,” read NBC News’ headline.

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For The New York Times: “His Tone Dark, Donald Trump Takes GOP Mantle.”

POLITICO’s Shane Goldmacher described Trump’s address as “a deeply negative speech that described a darkening America,” and a cursory Google News search of the words “Trump” and “dark” yielded more than a few press accounts and opinion pieces using similarly tenebrous language.

“Mr. Trump took real challenges and recast them in terms that were not only exaggerated but also apocalyptic,” wrote the editorial board of The Washington Post, which concluded, “Mr. Trump began his speech by presenting himself as the bearer of painful but necessary truth. And no doubt, for many of his listeners, his words expressed a deeply felt emotional reality. There is real fear in the land; real pain. But it will take real leadership, not the wishful, demagogic brand Mr. Trump embodied Thursday night, to address this.”

The New York Times’ editorial board described Trump’s “dark vision of America” in which immigrants “are ‘prime sources of violence in our streets and chaos in our communities,'” and that the United States is seen internationally as a “disrespected, humiliated nation.”

“This is not only factually false, it’s a wildly distorted view of all the nation stands for. One would think that if Mr. Trump believed this dystopia existed, he would have a clear and detailed plan for change,” the Times’ editorial board continued. “But, as always, he has only his empty sales pitch to offer — ‘I’m with you, I will fight for you, and I will win for you,’ he says.”

It wasn’t just print media.

But the tone was assuredly brighter on “Fox & Friends,” where co-host Brian Kilmeade praised Trump’s performance.

“I mean, he was strong and you saw him gain momentum, instead of being nervous,” Kilmeade said. “But he’s trying to say, essentially, is listen, I did a pretty good job with my family. Don’t you agree? Yeah. I did a pretty good job with my business, don’t you agree? I’d like to do it for you. And yesterday was the first time we got a personal feel of what he’s like to do business with.”

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The Trump campaign blasted out an email with the subject line “Trump Delivers,” prominently featuring a positive New York Post column.

“Donald Trump needed to give the speech of his life–he did that, and much more,” columnist Michael Goodwin wrote. “He laid out an inspiring American Manifesto for our troubled times. And he did it his way.” …