“America is entering its most important, pivotal year since 1860, and the U.S. media is doing a terrible job explaining what is actually happening. Too many of us — with our highfalutin poly-sci degrees and our dog-eared copies of the late Richard Ben Cramer’s What It Takes — are still covering elections like it was the 20th century, as if the old touchstones like debates or a 30-second spot still matter.”

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/media-2020-election-trump-authoritarianism-20230827.html