The Post's apothegm, somehow off-kilter, with its alliteration and self-importance, was a purposeful bit of branding, designed to claim high ground and to poke a thumb in President Trump's eye every morning.
The other day, Ted Koppel, a voice from the late-twentieth-century practice of journalism, spoke about what has become of his old business in the age of Trump.
"We are not talking about the Washington Post of 50 years ago," Koppel said.
The newspaper becomes the Pequod: President Trump is the white whale.
Koppel made clear that he does not disagree with the verdict that Trump is "Bad for the United States." He means only that the Post and Times abandon their journalistic responsibility when they take sides so blatantly.
For one thing, they dismiss the possibility that Trump and his followers are worth either considering as citizens or understanding as human beings.
For progressives, it's impossible to imagine that Trump and his supporters may actually be right in wanting to save the country from some of the perfections threatened by the left.
https://www.city-journal.org/media-bias
The other day, Ted Koppel, a voice from the late-twentieth-century practice of journalism, spoke about what has become of his old business in the age of Trump.
"We are not talking about the Washington Post of 50 years ago," Koppel said.
The newspaper becomes the Pequod: President Trump is the white whale.
Koppel made clear that he does not disagree with the verdict that Trump is "Bad for the United States." He means only that the Post and Times abandon their journalistic responsibility when they take sides so blatantly.
For one thing, they dismiss the possibility that Trump and his followers are worth either considering as citizens or understanding as human beings.
For progressives, it's impossible to imagine that Trump and his supporters may actually be right in wanting to save the country from some of the perfections threatened by the left.
https://www.city-journal.org/media-bias
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