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Great article! Someone actually took the time to analyze what was going on in the press. Doubt if the press will ever be mature enough to figure this out, even after this guy points it out to them! Unfortunately, we have too many opinion shows, pundits and talking heads and too few actual journalists who know how to actually do the job. I don't watch the so called pundits and opinion shows, because, frankly, I am more interested in what happened, not why some "pundit" thinks it happened. At 60 years of age I can analyze the information and form a somewhat learned opinion. I really don't need to hear the opinions of people who clearly have a political agenda of their own to promote, without regard to the actual facts.

"The counter-move for the press isn’t to double down on anti-Trump messaging. The counter-move is to bolster its own trustworthiness by acting more neutral and sober, and by being more trustworthy. If the news media actually focused on reporting facts accurately and straightforwardly, on leaving opinion to the pundits, and on giving Trump a clearly fair shake, then Trump’s tactics wouldn’t work, and any actual dirt they found on him would do actual damage."

Ssssssssh. Your giving the secrets away. Lmbo

'Nuff said. Excellent article.

"And, having abandoned, quite openly, any pretense of objectivity and neutrality in the election, the press is going to be treated as an enemy by the Trump Administration until further notice."

"So he’s prodding reporters to do things that will make them less trusted, and they’re constantly taking the bait. They’re taking the bait because they think he’s dumb, and impulsive, and lacking self-control — but he’s the one causing them to act in ways that are dumb and impulsive, and demonstrate lack of self-control."