"Look, we’re the white party." Great @nickconfessore reporting that calls Trump's message for what it is. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/14/us/politics/donald-trump-white-identity.html …
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My answer: press' job is not to *not seem biased* but to describe the world you encounter. Reversing that priority fails your audience.
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So, I'm biased (bc it's my paper) but proud of that piece for resisting the "Can we really say this?" pressure on so much political news.
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then take sides. Media has to report on the facts. When a group on one side is denying facts they will/should look stupid.
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we should have been examining the GOP this way years ago. We pretended like their extremist views were "fringe". They are not.
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So long as you're describing what THEY believe and how THEY act rather than your feelings on them, you're not taking sides.
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@kairyssdal As krugman pointed out, if Gop says earth is flat, press can't say Dem and GOP opinions differ on shape of earthThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@kairyssdal same for anti-vaccine garbage, deficit hawkery in 2010, inflation hawks, gay conversion rx (now in the GOP platform)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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