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The whole article is good, and I suggest you read it, but the below quote works if you're lazy, and if you're extra lazy...
Tl;dr : the gloves are off. The media's gonna act like children through this whole Presidency, and any talk of the old republican tactic of stall and surrender better not come out yo mouth.
Tl;dr : the gloves are off. The media's gonna act like children through this whole Presidency, and any talk of the old republican tactic of stall and surrender better not come out yo mouth.
There’s a distinct shift in the winds of mainstream media operations taking place right now, but it’s not the one many of us might have hoped for. We’re closing out a period of eight years where deference to the White House, respect for the office even if you disagree with the occupant and a general sense of traditional propriety were the watchwords of the major newspapers and television networks. Even if you took issue with some of Barack Obama’s policies, the important and oh so very historic nature of his presidency demanded a certain level of dignity in the discussion. Failing to do so immediately branded one a racist in the eyes of the media machinery
There’s been an unofficial shift in the publishing guidelines at the Washington Post and other major outlets, and you’ll apparently be seeing it for at least the next four years. Back during the closing months of the campaign I wrote about the daily newsletters sent out by the WaPo to their digital subscribers. They list a summary of the most recent articles published – broken down into newsroom items and opinion columns – and during that time the contents read like a series of strategy papers issued by the most acid tongued members of the Clinton campaign. Has that changed now that we’re about to usher in the 45th President of the United States? Let’s take a look at the opinion section from one of the daily mailers which arrived this morning.
I didn’t selectively pick out a few pieces and photoshop them together. That’s the entire opinion section. Are you noticing a pattern? Trump isn’t even in office yet and virtually every square column inch is dedicated to direct attacks on him without any balance in the other direction or effort to soften the language. You can flip over to the New York Times or the website for MSNBC and find pretty much the same thing. (With a few notable exceptions.)
The days of “respect for the office” are gone. This is war, and the usual suspects are armed for bear and coming out of the gate strong. So do you still think that Trump should “put down his phone” and go back to the traditional model of letting the press filter his message and shape the conversation? If so, there may be a job waiting for you at one of these outlets.
There’s been an unofficial shift in the publishing guidelines at the Washington Post and other major outlets, and you’ll apparently be seeing it for at least the next four years. Back during the closing months of the campaign I wrote about the daily newsletters sent out by the WaPo to their digital subscribers. They list a summary of the most recent articles published – broken down into newsroom items and opinion columns – and during that time the contents read like a series of strategy papers issued by the most acid tongued members of the Clinton campaign. Has that changed now that we’re about to usher in the 45th President of the United States? Let’s take a look at the opinion section from one of the daily mailers which arrived this morning.
I didn’t selectively pick out a few pieces and photoshop them together. That’s the entire opinion section. Are you noticing a pattern? Trump isn’t even in office yet and virtually every square column inch is dedicated to direct attacks on him without any balance in the other direction or effort to soften the language. You can flip over to the New York Times or the website for MSNBC and find pretty much the same thing. (With a few notable exceptions.)
The days of “respect for the office” are gone. This is war, and the usual suspects are armed for bear and coming out of the gate strong. So do you still think that Trump should “put down his phone” and go back to the traditional model of letting the press filter his message and shape the conversation? If so, there may be a job waiting for you at one of these outlets.
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