2. My article "Donald Trump Is a Serious Candidate" -- published 6 weeks after he announced -- can be found here:https://newrepublic.com/article/122465/donald-trump-serious-candidate …
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3. Here's the ending of that article:pic.twitter.com/PgIAN6BWPJ
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4. Aside from myself, my New Republic colleagues, including
@brianbeutler@elspethreeve &@JamilSmith took Trump very seriously from start.3 replies 10 retweets 24 likes -
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5. By "taking seriously" I mean not only did TNR argue since last summer Trump could win nominee but also forthrightly called him a racist
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6. I do think that outlets like CNN were irresponsible in giving Trump so much airtime without equal time to fact-checking his many lies.
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Jeet Heer Retweeted Dara Lind
7. http://Vox.com was very good on Trump threat (leaving
@mattyglesias aside):https://twitter.com/DLind/status/713881956577054720 …Jeet Heer added,
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Jeet Heer Retweeted Mark Green
8. The major sin of media was not covering Trump but false equivalence (both-side-ism):https://twitter.com/markjgreen/status/713902856261255168 …
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9. Both-side-ism is a product of 2 party system & mainstream media trying to distinguish itself as objective & non-partisan.
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10. In normal politics, both-side-ism makes a lot of sense. You try to quote both sides, given them equal weight, let readers decide.
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11. In normal politics, where both sides are roughly equally honest, both-side-ism is fine. But when you get a bullshit artist like Trump?
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12. Problem with both-side-ism clear in scientific controversies like climate & vaccination where one side is engaged in pseudo-science
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13. Trump has basically exploited the same systemic weaknesses that allows climate denial to flourish in GOP & parts of media.
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14. We see both-side-ism at work in how CNN allows deranged Trump surrogates like Jeffrey Lord airtime. "Have to hear from both sides..."
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