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How the Media--not Just Fox--Are Normalizing the Extremist GOP

By Thomas
September 6, 2023

From the Washington Post:

What responsible media coverage in the Trump era would look like

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/09/01/trump-media-reporting-criticism/

(Summary)

Treating the GOP like an ordinary party — and the 2024 election like a run-of-the-mill race — allows the media to cling to false equivalencies and feigned neutrality. However, as long as the mainstream media practices business-as-usual journalism, millions of voters will remain oblivious to the dire state of American democracy. And worse, Trump and his party will benefit from the bizarre insistence on treating neo-fascists and their apologists like normal politicians.

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