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Campaign Coverage

An interview with a newsroom leader who speaks the truth about Donald Trump

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Campaign Coverage

Every report on Trump’s trial requires this basic explanation of the charges

Reporters use too much shorthand to describe the charges and too casually overuse the term “allegation” when much of what happened is not in question.

Credulous journalists misreport Trump’s abortion comments, refuse to correct themselves

The Washington press corps doesn’t have a freaking clue

‘Critics say’ is an insufficient way to contextualize Trump’s false, offensive, and antisemitic calumny against Democratic Jews

It’s not just our democracy at stake, it’s our freedom

Why is New York Times campaign coverage so bad? Because that’s what the publisher wants.

21 story assignments about Trump’s authoritarian threat

Every new Trump endorsement is a story of profound moral collapse

The Hunter Biden story has done a total 180 but the MSM is in denial

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