On Monday night, President Trump delivered a funny, idiosyncratic, and inspirational speech in classic New Yorker-ese to Boy Scouts gathered at the organization's National Jamboree.
Trump praised the Boy Scouts' history, told anecdotes about personal success, and dropped a few political jabs at his opponents. Then the tens of thousands of Boy Scouts attending the rally went back to weaving lanyards and making delicious stews by mixing all the different flavors of Campbell's soup in a single pot, or whatever it is that Boy Scouts do at jamborees. (A transcript of the speech is available at Time.)
But by Tuesday morning, the froth-mouthed media had seized on Trump's speech and was working overtime to blow it up into a Hurricane Katrina-level crisis. Boy Scouts who cheered for Trump were Hitler Youth, Newsweekreported. Well, no, the media outlet didn't quite say that: it reported other people saying it, which is Newsweek leadership's exceedingly sleazy way of saying something they want to say without having the integrity to just come out and say it themselves.
Here is Newsweek's headline accusing the Boy Scouts of staging a massive Nazi youth rally in West Virginia:
