Donald Trump Jr. calls the mainstream media 'a blight on our republic' claiming it became a 'business model' for media organizations to push the Trump-Russia collusion narrative Donald Trump Jr. fielded questions on the press coverage of the Mueller probe from on Fox's Media Buzz show Trump Jr's comments follow the conclusion of the Russia investigation Robert Mueller looked into whether President Trump's campaign colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 presidential electionBy Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 00:56 BST, 1 April 2019 | Updated: 01:05 BST, 1 April 2019 Viewcomments President Trump's son called the media 'a blight on our republic' in the wake of the conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference into the 2016 election. Speaking to Fox News, Donald Trump Jr. said that although some journalists tried to be fair to his father, he believed that it had become 'a business model' for media outlets to attack the White House. Speaking to Howard Kurtz on the program Media Buzz, Trump Jr. echoed his father's views on the media as he attacked them head-on. Donald Trump Jr. fielded questions on the press coverage of the Mueller probe on Fox's Media Buzz show and claimed the media were 'a blight on our republic' Trump Jr. echoed his father's views on the media as he attacked them head-on 'I think there were some people that tried to actually be fair,' Trump Jr. said. 'When they were actually fair you'd see the other side just try to just obliterate them… it became a business model for most media to attack Donald Trump and to buy into this narrative. And if you didn't, you upset a lot of people and risked your career, you risked other things.' Trump Jr. went on to say that he believed mainstream media outlets have done 'irreparable damage' to themselves with the coverage of the Mueller investigation, and their coverage of the Trump administration overall. Trump Jr. said attacking the White House has become something of a business model for news And so, the people who just bought into this hook, line, and sinker, who were selling it every day... They lied to the American public for two years,' Trump Jr. added. 'They did a terrible disservice to this country, to journalism as a profession,' he said. 'I think they've done irreparable damage to the faith that the average American is going to have in terms of mainstream journalism. I think it's a blight on our republic, on democracy, and on our Constitution that's not going to come undone very quickly.' 'The Fake News Media is going Crazy!' following the completion of the Mueller report, President Trump wrote on Thursday Robert Mueller looked into whether President Trump's campaign colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 presidential election His comments come just days after his father continued to bash the media a week after Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary of Mueller's report which stated how the special counsel found no evidence of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. 'The Fake News Media is going Crazy!' The president tweeted. 'They are suffering a major 'breakdown,' have ZERO credibility or respect, & must be thinking about going legit. I have learned to live with Fake News, which has never been more corrupt than it is right now. Someday, I will tell you the secret!' Trump Jr. also admitted during his interview on Media Buzz that his father's tweets can sometimes be problematic for the White House agenda, but claimed to empathize having sent out out tweets that he now regrets. 'I think there are times where that certainly happens. I mean I'm guilty of it myself,' he said. Read more: Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility