Dear journalists: Please please please do not simply quote team Trump's latest lies -- in this case, the fantasy that the latest indictment is a "free speech" issue -- as one side of a dispute.
What will it take for Big Journalism to realize that our democracy is in serious jeopardy? What will it take for the craft to stand up in support of democracy?
At this point it's fair to worry that nothing will get journalists to move very far away from business as usual -- even with so much at stake.
nostr:npub1lrvmc88ck63qpt734w85t5pnxchncvam0p9k9mueuezqz0grkn6s8jtth9 The only thing that would matter and possibly change any type of coverage would be a clarion call from Trump that he will seek to dismantle the media once reelected. I stress “possible."
nostr:npub1lrvmc88ck63qpt734w85t5pnxchncvam0p9k9mueuezqz0grkn6s8jtth9 they really don’t care. Haven’t for years. They just wanna be insiders and hang with the cool kids. That’s all modern corporate “journalists” are. Nerds who wanna hang with the jocks.
