"You simply cannot cover Trump’s second term accurately and responsibly if you are not willing to situate his acts as part of a terrifying descent into authoritarianism, racism, and cruelty.

And the mainstream political media – for a variety of reasons -- is not willing to do anything of the kind."

~ Dan Froomkin

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https://criticalread.substack.com/p/why-is-trump-coverage-so-feeble