This is the Daily Article Podcast for Friday, July the 15th, 2022.

Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum.

Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump, has died at age of 73.

Mr. Trump stated that she died in her home in New York and said of her,

she was a wonderful, beautiful, and amazing woman who led a great and inspirational life.

He added that her three children were her pride and joy and wrote,

She was so proud of them as we were all so proud of her.

Rest in peace, Ivana.

Fox News added more details regarding her death but offered no political commentary.

By contrast, the New York Times gave the story a much more biased tone, stating,

though Mr. Trump often bragged about his business prowess, Mrs. Trump played a

critical part in building his real estate empire. Their article added, the couple divorced in 1990,

driven in part by Mr. Trump's affair with Marla Maples, whom he later married, provided tabloid

fodder for weeks. In a deposition, Mrs. Trump accused him of raping her, though she later married, provided tabloid fodder for weeks. In a deposition, Mrs. Trump accused him of

raping her, though she later said that she had not meant the word literally. It's hard to imagine

a less gracious way to report a person's passing. The Times bias against Mr. Trump should not

surprise anyone who reads the Times. I was especially alert to it.

However, after reading Ari Flesher's new book, Suppression, Deception, Snobbery, and Bias,

why the press gets so much wrong and just doesn't care. Flesher was White House Press Secretary

for President George W. Bush and has worked in the year since as a media

consultant, commentator, and Fox News contributor. His book reports that in a 1980 Gallup poll,

70% of Americans had either a great deal or a fair amount of trust that the press would report

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