News commentary

Trump, the Public, and the Press

Columbia Journalism Review · Norman Pearlstine · last updated

The voters have spoken. A plurality preferred Donald Trump’s stream of lies to journalism’s truths about his many misdeeds.

I have covered and occasionally interacted with Trump for almost four decades and am still trying to understand why voters—and now, many business leaders and publishers—accept his record of ruthless bad behavior, chaotic management, and general incompetence and how journalists should respond.

View full article

Related Knowledge Center: Democracy and politics

State of Play

News organizations are scrambling to find a coverage approach that adequately informs the American public about the country’s slide from democracy to authoritarian rule.

The White House vs. the press

More information

here today, more tomorrow

We’ve launched briefing.center with a focus on the press and media.

And we’ve added Citizen Cartwright, a daily quick-read news summary by veteran Washington journalist Linda Cartwright. We’ve also created a new voting rights knowledge center for Citizen Cartwright subscribers. (You can sign up for a dedicated morning email at citizencartwright.com.)

You can sign up here for full access to press and media and Citizen Cartwright on briefing.center.

You can use briefing.center as the center of your information management, or just one of your tools. We’re happy to discuss your information needs.

Sign up