Oddbean new post about login | logout "Journalists cannot ignore him. But when he says something that illustrates his continued descent into fascist rhetoric, the real news is not so much the particular thing he said, it’s that he said it and that Republican leaders and Republicans generally still aren’t renouncing him." ~ Dan Froomkin #Trump #media #Republicans /1 https://presswatchers.org/2023/10/to-amplify-trump-or-not-to-amplify-theres-actually-a-good-answer/
"The thrust of these stories should be that the current state of American politics is such that he isn’t being roundly condemned by his party even as he threatens core American values like the rule of law and freedom of the press. Imagine if journalists saw someone like Trump enjoying public support in any other country. They wouldn’t just write about what that person said, nor would they ignore it. They’d want to figure out: What is happening to that country?" #Trump #media #Republicans /2