Trump Is Gone, but the Media’s Misinformation Challenge Is Still Here (Published 2021)
Should news outlets contextualize false claims made by powerful people? Or ignore them completely? There is no consensus in the industry, but its thinking continues to evolve.
Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/27/us/politics/trump-false-claims-media.html
In American life, truth is now contested. And while this has profoundly affected the country’s politics, and so much else, it has raised unique challenges for one group in particular: journalists.