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Sunday, May 08, 2016

How The Media Failed In Covering Donald Trump

So here we are. Noisily embraced by the plurality of Republican voters, not-so-quietly reviled by most Republican leaders, Donald Trump is all but assured that party's presidential nomination.

Journalists astonished at the result — and believe me, most are stunned by what has unfolded — find themselves confronted by some form of this question: Are the media to blame for Donald Trump?

Or as Politico media critic Jack Shafer put it: Did the media create Trump? His answer: a resounding no. Actually, Shafer liked it so much he wrote it twice.

Capital New York co-founder and co-editor Tom McGeveran tweeted early Wednesday morning that "there are significant factual hills to climb for those who believe the news media created the Trump candidacy. But, nevermind!"

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Don't usually watch SNL, but turned TV on and it was on that station. It is interesting that they are doing less than flattering skits about Hillary Clinton. SNL didn't have a negative skit about Obama during either election cycle. Hmmm.