Is the Media Ready to Cover a Trump Presidency?
Was the media ready to cover Trump's candidacy?
The press is not ready for the next administration if Trump continues to pump out falsehoods the way he did during the campaign, warns Adam Serwer.
“For Trump administration mouthpieces, both public and anonymous, lies will now come with an officiality that will be difficult to contest,” and the cult of officiality, and deference to it, is difficult for political journalists to resist.
That’s one media bias, and here’s another, the bias toward whomever is winning: “Media objectivity is not a fixed point, writes Serwer.
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