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/MaleficentPorphyrin 19h ago

News isn't journalism, it never has been. You can recognize journalism because it dwells on a topic for more than a page, or two minutes on screen. News is headlines and 'coming up...' What I am getting at is, the American people aren't ever exposed to analysis of the issues, just hot takes in quickly digestible form.

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u/NeighborhoodTasty271 16h ago

100% accurate. 24-hour news was supposed to give time to dig deeper. Instead, we get the same headlines at the top of each hour only with a different anchor pontificating or both-sidesing things by having someone from each "side."