"@Snowden’s actions didn’t just change the way the public views their online lives; they also changed the way journalists operate, and brought more scrutiny to secret government programs"
Few news organizations have reckoned seriously with what transpired between the press and the presidency during this period. That failure will almost certainly shape the coverage of what lies ahead
"Politics isn’t entertainment, it is not a performance to be critiqued. Reporting on national politics is a public trust of solemn importance that affects hundreds of millions of people."
In @BGrueskin’s Laurels and Darts: Our White House press corps doesn’t meet the moment. Plus: A teenage math prodigy, a deep dive into LA’s housing crisis, and a one-time-only print edition for Texas flood victims. cjr.org/laurels-and-da…
There can be no more squeamishness about calling nasty truths—racism, lies, coups—what they are; no more bothsidesism; no more optics chatter; no more blinkered American exceptionalism.
