The article critiques mainstream journalism for its failure to effectively report on President Biden's declining health and the implications of Trump's potential re-election. A new book, co-authored by CNN's Jake Tapper, highlights complicity among reporters in downplaying Biden's frailty. Renowned figures like Bruce Springsteen voice discontent over the current administration. Political scholar Norman Ornstein calls for a reckoning within the mainstream press, urging acknowledgement of their involvement in normalizing Trump's behavior and failing to accurately convey the risks associated with his presidency.
I'm always happy to see a good reckoning for the mainstream press. But this one makes me wonder what reckoning is coming for their failures to cover Trump.
Under fire in recent days, CNN's Jake Tapper has even nodded to his own role in downplaying Biden's increasing frailty, indicating that there's plenty of blame to go around.
Bruce Springsteen articulated a sentiment felt by many when he stated that America is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treasonous administration.
Norman Ornstein emphasizes the need for self-scrutiny by journalists, highlighting how false equivalence and normalizing the abnormal contributed to the current political climate.
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