In a stupendous and possibly unprecedented display of absolute clueless lack of self-awareness, a print journalist appearing as a guest on CNN Sunday argued that journalists are afraid to “forcefully” convince people to vote against Trump because then people might mistakenly think of them as biased.
Before we go too far down the road of mocking this as a sole voice of incoherence, it’s important to point out that this is a pretty good representation of the mentality of most journalists in the United States. Seriously.
David Zurawik is media critic for The Baltimore Sun, and he’s a fairly frequent cable news talking head, as well. He’s an excitable one, and likes to get worked up. In this case, his lather is the result of what has turned out to be the only news in the news this weekend: Trump’s tweets about Baltimore. – READ MORE