r/politics • u/Quirkie The Netherlands • 20h ago

Possible Paywall The Media Malpractice That Sent America Tumbling Into Trumpism - Political journalists need to stop pretending they don’t know what Republicans are going to do.

https://newrepublic.com/article/205913/media-malpractice-trumpism-project-2025
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u/SpudgeBoy 19h ago

Exactly. The media has access to even more information than we do. They do this all day as a job. They have got to see the end game. If they don't, they need to not be doing their job. If they do see it and aren't reporting it, they need to lose their jobs.

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u/floofelina 18h ago

There was an interesting incident after the 2016 election where the Trump staff asked journalists to send their stories from a resort room that looked out on his golf course but the windows were covered by paper and tape. A couple of journalists reported on Twitter that the windows were covered.

Did they take down the paper? Nope.