The intelligence illiteracy of the mainstream media (MSM) is startling. Almost from the time that President Donald J. Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States the MSM has smeared him as a Russian stooge and claimed that Russia rigged the outcome of the 2016 general election.

It was always an unlikely charge but in recent weeks the MSM has parted company with reality. Coverage of the so-called Russia Scandal has spilled over from hype to hysteria.

The New York Times, Washington Post and CNN have started to sound like the Völkischer Beobachter after the Reichstag Fire, indeed at any moment I’m expecting them to blame President Trump for starting it (the fire, I mean, not the scandal!).

The coverage has been so…