The Fix's Eugene Scott explains how Trump's "shithole countries" comment is the latest example of his history of demeaning statements on nonwhite immigrants. (Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post)President Trump's vulgar appraisal of Haiti and African nations was not the top story on Sean Hannity's Fox News show Thursday night. Hannity managed to ignore the president's remark about “shithole countries” for the first 25 minutes of his program. A Breitbart headline referred to a “shithole of fake news,” even though the White House did not dispute the comments Thursday. Are not Haiti, El Salvador and other third-world countries pretty bad places?”Ignore, deny, defend: Trump's media boosters are running a familiar playbook.

Source: Washington Post January 12, 2018 14:37 UTC