Source: Washington Post
by Jennifer Rubin
“We saw throughout Donald Trump’s two presidential campaigns and four years in the White House a symbiotic relationship between mainstream media outlets and Republicans, in which both made Trump out to be a far more normal politician than he was. On the one hand, there was Republican denial (Didn’t see the crazy tweet! I’m sure he’s learned his lesson!). On the other, there was the media’s determination to avoid claims of bias and maintain a false balance — which often resulted in their obscuring how loony he sounded. The result: a never-ending Trumpian stream of threats (both policy-related and more personal), absurd conspiracy-mongering, and lies that were never regarded as disqualifying. Apparently, neither the media nor supposedly sober Republicans have learned anything from the past.” (03/06/23)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/06/trump-cpac-media-gop-failure/