2019, the year the press tried—and failed—to stand up to Trump

With Donald Trump becoming the first American president to be impeached in his first term, while holed up in the White House tweeting endless attacks around the clock like some … Read More

Impeachment has been a messaging disaster for the White House. Why won't the press say so?

The impeachment of Donald Trump was always going to be a messaging war, and on paper it should have been a rout for Republicans. With his Twitter megaphone reaching more … Read More

Half of America wants Trump removed from office. Why does the press keep shrugging that off?

With the House Judiciary Committee poised to take up the impeachment baton and hold a new round of public hearings this month, the Beltway press continues to absorb and echo … Read More

Here we go again: Campaign press ignoring Democratic policy

There's been a complete transformation in how the campaign press covers elections in the last decade, and it's a defining change that's benefiting Republicans, and specifically Donald Trump. The change … Read More

Link To AP Story Has “Trump Allies in Disarray As Democrats Push Impeachment.”

I couldn’t believe I actually say the word “disarray” applied to Republicans in an AP story.  This is the former home of Ron Fournier.  And Democrats in Disarray is just more … Read More

Why the D.C. press isn't equipped to handle Trump's racist re-election crusade

Doubling and tripling down on his bigoted commentary and racist tweets, Donald Trump is all but boasting that his re-election run will be fueled by hate speech and hardcore white … Read More

Dark days: When journalists won't name Trump's blatant racism

Three months ago the Associated Press updated its influential AP Stylebook, which news editors and producers across the country use as a guideline in terms of what language to use … Read More

Pay-to-play in the press: A case study

If Donald Trump was a Marvel character, his name might be something like “DeceptiCon.” That is, the never-before-seen frequency and magnitude of Trump’s lies combine to create a Cloak of … Read More