Bearing Witness in an Age of Complicity
On journalism, truth-telling, and the pressures of (accurately) covering Trump.
My conversation with yesterday has been one of my favorites for my series so far. We discussed a range of topics, from what Trump 2.0 looks and feels like for reporters on the ground, especially those at the large broadcast networks, to why it is so difficult for journalists to “name what they see” when it comes to Trump and his administration.
Related Knowledge Center: The White House vs. the press
Whether it’s the Des Moines Register’s publication of an unfavorable election poll, a routine edit of a 60 Minutes interview with Kamala Harris, or the Associated Press’s decision in its authoritative stylebook to continue to use “Gulf of Mexico,” Donald Trump and the White House have used executive authority and legal reprisals in an effort to punish and suppress press coverage that runs contrary to the administration’s preferred narratives.
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As newsrooms struggle with rickety business models and precarious finances — as well as new technologies — they are deploying an array of editorial responses.
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