Some caricaturists depict Donald Trump as an over-indulged baby, throwing toys out of his pram. Others see him as a puppet, manipulated by the Machiavelli of the alt-right, Steve Bannon. I’m sure there’s some truth in both these interpretations. Hearing Trump talk today, however, I have a rather different image coming into my head. The 45 th President was talking at a US airforce base about Islamic terrorism in Europe and claimed that this was covered up by the mainstream media. His actual words were as follows: "All over Europe, it's happening. It's gotten to a point where it's not even being reported. In many cases, the very, very dishonest press doesn't want to report it. They have their reasons and you understand that." This is a truly madcap conspiracy theory. On an X-Files scale, it rates a nine. It pains me even to pick it apart, but think about what he’s saying. His accusation is that mainstream news media with professional...
Phil Woodford co-hosts Colourful Radio's weekly news review show from London. He previously stood on two occasions as a Labour Parliamentary candidate.