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In the Trump era, many Washington reporters became resistance heroes, showered with book deals, TV contacts, and Twitter followers. I talked to some of them about their (our) ambivalence about that—and what they plan to do next. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/12/media-after-trump/617503/
“On a purely social level, I don’t know that reporting critically on Joe Biden will feel as safe for reporters,” @Olivianuzzi told me. “You’re not going to get yass queen–ed to death.” https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/12/media-after-trump/617503/
One cable-news anchor told me that praise from anti-Trump celebrities on Twitter has become like a “narcotic” for some of his colleagues: “It’s important to people that George Takei likes their monologue." https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/12/media-after-trump/617503/
. @Yamiche told me she hopes the press will apply the lessons of the Trump era to covering the next administration: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/12/media-after-trump/617503/
And @ddale8 says that while fact-checkers like him should apply the same intensity and rigor to the next president, the reality is that “it will not be a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week job to fact-check Biden” because he lies less often than Trump does. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/12/media-after-trump/617503/
