BROADCAST BIAS: Networks spin Trump’s Xi meeting as weakness despite strategic gain

President Donald Trump flew to China to make nice with communist leader Xi Jinping this week. It didn’t sound like the Cold War, or the recent trade wars. The word "détente" was in the air, so for anti-communists who didn’t love President Richard Nixon in China or President Jimmy Carter kissing Soviet dictator Leonid Brezhnev on the cheek, it wasn’t the best look.

Trump called Xi a "great leader," which sounded more like the Chamber of Commerce than the Victims of Communism Museum. The word...