Rush Limbaugh coined the term “drive-by media”. An editorial in the New York Times today by Charles M. Blow proves the truth of Mr. Limbaugh’s term.
According to the Urban Dictionary, the term “drive-by media”:

Rush Limbaugh’s term for the sensational, scandal-seeking, and agenda-driven coverage that is typical of the national press corps in America. Limbaugh draws an analogy between the media who cover a story with a barrage of unfair cheap shots before moving on to the next flavor of the month and an inner city gang that drives by and sprays a target with gunfire and then moves on to their next target.

With the definition of “drive-by media” in mind, let us “unpack” (Hillary Clinton term) today’s editorial by Charles M. Blow. The title of the op-ed is “The Duplicity of Donald Trump”, one might think/hope that Mr. Blow would offer some proof of the duplicity of Mr. Trump. If you have reached the top of the food chain and write for the New York Times, you don’t need no stinkin’ proof. You just need to spray your words and watch the bobble heads on the left nod.

From the editorial by Charles M. Blow:

Donald Trump is the internet troll of presidential politics. When he’s securely removed from the objects of his scorn, he’s tough as nails; when he’s in their presence, he quivers like a bowl of Jell-o.

Such is the way of a bully.

Furthermore, when he is surrounded by supporters who cheer his base nature, he amplifies the enmity. When the applause of hostility is out of earshot, he tones down the vitriol to a whimper.

Mr. Blow makes sure to pump up the cool factor “internet troll of presidential politics”, “base nature” and “such is the way of a bully”.

The Urban Dictionary defines “internet troll”:

A person whose sole purpose in life is to seek out people to argue with on the internet over extremely trivial issues. Such arguments can happen on blogs, Facebook, Myspace and a host of others.
The best thing you can do to fight an internet troll is to not answer..or report them.

Well, I don’t see how that fits Donald Trump. He does like to tweet a lot. A lot. He offers his opinion a lot. But, I don’t think he trolls people.

Mr. Blow also brings up Mexico and immigration. Donald Trump has not been a bully or a coward about immigration or the Mexican government. Anyone who has lived near the border knows that the border is a mess. Mr. Blow lives in New York City insulated from the problems of the border states.

Donald Trump is not shy about repeating his claims.

Finally, Mr. Blow writes:

“Trump has 2 faces and 2 sets of facts and too much latitude to spread his animus, anti-intellectualism and lies, and he must never see the inside of the Oval Office,”

If I were supporting Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton for President, I wouldn’t accuse anyone else of having “2 faces and 2 sets of facts”.

As for anti-intellectualism, Mr. Trump was educated at Fordham and Wharton and is known to be a voracious reader.

It is easy to write a drive-by opinion piece for the New York Times and spray words about someone with whom you have a political disagreement. It is much harder to be intellectually honest with yourself.