Journalists Aren’t the Enemy of the People. But We’re Not Your Friends. – The New York Times

Journalists Aren’t the Enemy of the People. But We’re Not Your Friends. (Published 2020)

President Trump will try to put the media on the ballot, and reporters face the increasing temptation to posture for those most eager to oust him.

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/business/media/trump-election-journalists.html

Lewis Raven Wallace, the author of a provocative new case against detached, “objective,” journalism called The View From Somewhere, takes it further, arguing that reporters should get out of the White House briefing room entirely. “If they are serious about safeguarding democracy, they need to be building collective power around not even being in that room anymore” Mr. Wallace said in an interview.