Trump’s transformation

St. Louis Post-Dispatch: During the presidential campaign, Donald Trump exploited half-truths and uncorroborated Wikileaks information with reckless abandon to create in the public’s mind an image of a “corrupt Hillary” Clinton. “Lock her up!” was the response these half-truths provoked among his supporters.

Now, suddenly, Trump is outraged by “fake news.” This week he became the victim of those same destructive and unfair tactics. Various reporters have obtained documents containing unsubstantiated allegations that Russian intelligence had collected compromising personal and financial information about Trump, possibly subjecting him to blackmail.

Responsible members of the mainstream news media didn’t report it.

Trump finally understands the devastating unfairness that misinformation can have on people’s reputations and political fortunes – but only because he’s now the victim.