What The Media Thought Of The Trump Travel Ban Hearing

If we are to go by the opinion of the mainstream media, today’s hearing by the liberal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in which the DOJ defended Trump’s executive order and urged the court to undo the Seattle’s judge’s temporary restraining order, the process did not go quite as the government had hoped. Below  is a summary of headlines from some of the biggest US media outlets (h/t Axios):

• Bloomberg: Trump Travel Ban Provokes Harsh Questions by U.S. Appeals Court

• The NYT: “Court Skeptical of Justice Dept. Arguments to Reinstate Ban”
• Reuters first wrote the headline: “Judges press Trump administration on travel ban” which however on the front page stands as “Judges grill lawyers over Trump immigration order“
• The Washington Post first wrote the headline: “Government lawyer faces skeptical questions at appeals court hearing on Trump immigration order,” and later edited it to “Federal appeals court weighs Trump immigration order”
• The AP first wrote the headline: “Federal judges express skepticism about Trump travel ban,” and later edited it to “Appeals court hammers on government arguments for travel ban”
• The SF Chronicle headlined with: “Court hints at keeping Trump order on hold”
• The LA Times: “Court questions whether Trump’s travel ban amounts to anti-Muslim discrimination”
• The WSJ had a different spin: “Court Grills Lawyers on Donald Trump’s Immigration Order” with the sub headline, “Judges fired tough questions at both sides in hearing over Trump’s travel ban, promising a quick ruling”

In short: if the fate of Trump’s order was in the hands of the mainstream media, the decision would have been made long ago.