[See NewsBusters for more.] CBS This Morning journalist Major Garrett on Monday derided 2016 complaints of media bias as “excuses” from Donald Trump that he will use to explain an electoral loss. The reporter also dismissed the candidate’s claims of voter fraud coming out of Pennsylvania. After highlighting reports of campaign manager Paul Manafort’s possible ties to Russia, Garrett played a clip of Trump calling the New York Times “garbage.” The journalist downplayed, “Beyond the media bashing, Trump is setting up another excuse for losing, voter fraud.” Regarding Pennsylvania, Garrett lectured, “Democrats have carried Pennsylvania in six straight presidential elections. There are nearly one million more registered Democrats there now than Republicans.”
. Eric Scheiner
