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I woke up furious.
I have received so much anger from old friends at NPR and the NYT for warning them, telling them, and, yes, sometimes publicly tweeting about how their coverage is normalizing Trump and his followers, legitimizing their lies and downplaying the crisis.
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I have received so much anger from old friends at NPR and the NYT for warning them, telling them, and, yes, sometimes publicly tweeting about how their coverage is normalizing Trump and his followers, legitimizing their lies and downplaying the crisis.
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Yesterday's crisis was created by Trump and his followers.
And yesterday showed that many journalists are willing to state that some actions by an elected leader are unacceptable.
But they will return to institutional cowardice.
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And yesterday showed that many journalists are willing to state that some actions by an elected leader are unacceptable.
But they will return to institutional cowardice.
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We are going to learn about Josh Hawley's strong beliefs about capital gains rates and Lindsey Graham's profound concerns about the debt we're leaving for our children.
We're going to find out that evangelical Christians are quite worried about education policy.
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We're going to find out that evangelical Christians are quite worried about education policy.
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My hunch is Trump will, from now on, be covered as an illegitimate monster by most media.
But his enablers and his followers will be covered with devoted respect for their different--but equally valid--viewpoints.
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But his enablers and his followers will be covered with devoted respect for their different--but equally valid--viewpoints.
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Ben Bernanke said that you learn about about the nature of normal landmass when there's an earthquake. You learn about a financial system when it collapses.
You learn about media when it faces a clear crisis.
This wasn't about one day.
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You learn about media when it faces a clear crisis.
This wasn't about one day.
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It wasn't, really, about one man.
This is about a journalistic culture that presupposes legitimate arguments on "both" sides and whose default is to show deference to those with power and authority.
Let's fix this, journos!
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This is about a journalistic culture that presupposes legitimate arguments on "both" sides and whose default is to show deference to those with power and authority.
Let's fix this, journos!
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