From the inception of Donald Trump’s political career, journalists have found it necessary to police each other, to insist that any notion of objectivity or balance with Trump was a grievous sin, a corrupt attempt to “normalize” an abnormally dangerous candidate.
Now that Trump is in his second term, a few rare voices have floated the novel concept that to combat cratering trust in media, there should be attempts at balance. Mediaite founder Dan Abrams was interviewed for the Mediaite podcast and proclaimed that journalists should occasionally say something positive about Trump or give him credit for something. Perish the thought!
“I do think there is a level of Trump Derangement Syndrome among some that they are completely incapable of giving him credit for anything,” Abrams said. “And you want to restore credibility? Try and call balls and strikes. Give him credit when it’s warranted, recognize successes. I think that allows you then the freedom to criticize as well.”
On the other side of that debate is ex-CNN media reporter Oliver Darcy. He was a logical guest for “On the Media,” a weekly radio show out of NPR affiliate WNYC in New York. In 2023, their host Brooke Gladstone warmly touted “The Communist Manifesto” as a “stalwart text” while that station draws millions of dollars each year from American taxpayers.
When the Republicans in Washington consider defunding public broadcasting, they should always consider this: Government-funded NPR and PBS actively lobby their colleagues to trash Republicans relentlessly and agitate the media bosses against any backsliding into moderation, like refusing to endorse Kamala Harris for president. […]
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