Not nearly enough pre-election coverage of business ties & real & potential conflicts.
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and you think that's why he won? That's where this thread began.
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Replying to @maggieNYT @DavidCornDC and
No, issue is what drove media coverage, in scale, scope and content, pre-election.
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Replying to @zeynep @DavidCornDC and
it isn't the media's job to run a campaign against Trump. That was Clinton's role.
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Media's role was to explore unprecedented issue: conflict-of-interest, in proportion. They did email server to COI about 5 to 1.
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Not arguing they should have run against Trump. On the contrary. They should have reported on key issues for Clinton AND Trump.
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and I think media did a better job than you're allowing for. Not saying there weren't mistakes. But also, a favorite pt of some is
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Replying to @maggieNYT @zeynep
blaming NYT solely for emails. That chart you're citing has several times more coverage of it in WaPo.
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Replying to @maggieNYT
Not blaming, not solely. I put both WaPo & Politico there—I thought they were particularly bad. NYT wasn't great either.
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Replying to @zeynep @maggieNYT
I think we should move away from blame (or voters or campaign) and focus on: what dynamics led to this state of coverage?
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Those dynamics exist going forward; old way of doing journalism will cause repeat. Especially important for editorial staff.
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Replying to @zeynep @maggieNYT
Resource allocation; making case to readers why they should sub; choosing what to highlight, focus & not; headlines; forecasts...
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Replying to @zeynep @maggieNYT
I should write this longer. I'm genuinely not arguing outcome change—cannot know, multi-factor, etc. But media is not irrelevant.
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