Jeremy Peters/feed/rss2/As Dean Baker, co-founder of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, pointed out in early 2021, Edsall is also one of many media luminaries who "act like they are innocent bystanders in the rise of an anti-democratic right-wing movement that constantly lies to advance its agenda. The media have agency but have thus far largely sought to pretend to just be observers. As a result, they allow themselves to be played endlessly by liars." - search results