That’s just one example out of thousands during Obama’s tenure in office. Now that the tables have turned, we have a somewhat different problem on our hands. Instead of enforcing progressive orthodoxy and towing the White House line, the media will be tempted to cover Trump the way they have been since November 8, with feigned outrage, hysteria, and condescension. In both cases, the media are abdicating their duty.
For a media establishment with only slightly better approval ratings than Congress, that’s a problem for all of us. If Americans don’t believe the press because journalists automatically denounce everything Trump does in the misguided belief that it’s their duty, then who will be able to credibly report on the Trump administration’s actual mistakes and abuses of power?
Arguably, it falls to the already divided conservative media, which now has a responsibility to resist the temptations that bedeviled the mainstream media during the Obama administration. Absent some radical change in how they cover Trump, the national press simply won’t have the credibility they need to do their job.
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