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CBS News Recently reporter Norah O’Donnell sat down for an interview with the president donald trump he left something asked for Loyalist furious.
Although it is not at all unusual for MAGA loyalists to take issue with journalists who are outside it conservative media machineThis time his anger was not because of O’Donnell Ask difficult questions to the President Or fact-checked it on air. They are angry because they called him “Mr. Trump” instead of “President Trump.”
“I hate when they call him ‘Mr. Trump’! He’s the President. 60 Minutes doesn’t deserve to be interviewing him – let’s see how they spin it,” said one X user. wrote,
O’Donnell interviewed Trump for the most recent episode 60 minutesDiscussion on a variety of topics ranging from food insecurity facing Americans amid the ongoing government shutdown CBS News’ new leadership under Bari Weiss,
But despite the breadth of the conversation, many viewers couldn’t let it go without a respectful comment.
“When you call him Mr Trump, you should have realized he is the President. You should be a little more polite. He has taken millions of rupees from your corrupt network and you have the nerve to call him Mr Trump, not Mr President, you are a bunch of crooks, you are fake news,” said another user, adopting Trump’s grammatical styles. wrote,
That user was referencing the fact that Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS News, had decided to pay Trump $16 million settlement He then filed a lawsuit claiming 60 minutes An interview with then-Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the 2024 election was heavily edited.
Despite the uproar, using the president’s surname is not an inherently trivial thing to do, nor is it something done only to Trump.
NPR published an article During Barack Obama’s first term in office, explaining why it refers to presidents using their last name in the second and subsequent contexts. It was published in response to a complaint by Democrats that the broadcaster had referred to the then commander-in-chief as “Mr. Obama” in another context.
Finally, common ground in these fractured political times.
Here’s how NPR explained its stance more than a decade ago:
“Although many listeners find this second reference offensive, it is not a new policy. NPR has used ‘Mr.’ since the mid-1970s when President Gerald Ford was in office. The President is the only person NPR regularly refers to with the honorific Mr. in the second context. If NPR does a story, such as on Ohio car dealer James Hamilton, in the second context it will be Hamilton, not Mr. Hamilton.”
NPR said at the time that it received complaints from listeners whenever it referred to Obama as “Mr. Obama.” Same thing happening today, only he’s wearing a red MAGA hat.
Another wroteStriking a slightly more conspiratorial tone. “pay attention.”
Some commentators seemed oddly defensive about Trump, including one named — “Gina Zippy Hicks” — calling o’donnell An “outrageous skunk” over respectable. one more Asked Why O’Donnell should “undermine the presidency” by refusing to call Trump “President Trump.”
Despite some tense moments, Trump’s presidency did not seem particularly endangered by the interview. On Monday, the White House released a statement calling his appearance a “powerhouse interview” that highlighted “the most successful nine months of any presidency in history.”