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Fairer coverage would go a long way to restoring credibility. . . " Almost all conversations about roadblocks Trump faces or opposition to his initiatives centered on what was perceived as the media’s biased portrayal of him and his administration, rather than on anything the Democrats were doing.
"Republicans and conservatives have grumbled about unfair coverage from the “mainstream media” for decades.
"But the Trump era has brought us to a new plateau, one where the media has moved from adversarial to oppositional. Many observers, on both right and left, have come to see the media as the leader of the resistance.
If you care about journalism, it’s a disturbing trend.
. . . "Perhaps it’s wishful thinking, but it seems to me the media’s anti-Trump fever has shown small signs of breaking lately.
"For example, CNN - the worst offender among the cable networks - this week “fact checked” claims by press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders about the president’s accomplishments so far, and, lo and behold, did not pronounce any of them a lie. It was astounding.
"But there are miles to go. Reversing the path they’re on would require a significant internal overhaul by the nation’s leading media organizations.
"Doing so could help them regain their lost credibility and restore the majority of Americans’ faith in them as unbiased arbiters of truth and evenhanded watchdogs of government. And, who knows, it might even make Schumer and Pelosi relevant again." . . . All cartoons added by TD
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