The Media Still Doesn’t Grasp the Danger of Trump
The Media Still Doesn’t Grasp the Danger of Trump
Donald Trump tells the world he intends to be an authoritarian. So why won’t journalists repeat it?
Trump is a fascist. But the mainstream political press doesn’t want to say it. They want to act like 2024 is just another election year.
With their obsession with horse-race coverage, political reporters tend to judge what Trump says or does by whether his words and actions will help him politically. By doing so, the press is saying that Trump’s racism, corruption, criminality, and insane abuses of power matter only so far as his electability.
There are exceptions: major news organizations, including the New York Times and the Washington Post, have done some important stories about Trump’s dictatorial plans for a second term. But those investigative stories are drowned out by the chorus of horse-race stories — sometimes published on the same days and by the same news organizations behind more substantial coverage.
The media is sleepwalking.
I’ve often wondered how the press, both in Germany and around the world, failed to see Hitler for the monster that he was before he gained power. After Trump, I think I understand.
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They know what they're doing.
Yeah, I don't get why people seem to think the media doesn't know. They absolutely do.
They don't care because they imagine that they're somehow protected.
Well, won't that be embarrassing for them.
They just compete to not be destroyed when he wins and become part of his national propaganda network.