The public is in desperate need of accurate journalism which cuts through the screaming. We need reporters who can refute what’s being said, or interrogate it, or at least put it in context. Instead, journalists – opponents and supporters alike – have become Trump’s handmaidens. They help spread the shit. They hoover it in, churn it up, and spew it out again, wider than before, until everything is covered in it. And then eventually you face a deadly choice: Do you turn it off and risk becoming passive? Or do you keep paying attention and risk going insane? More here.

I had never previously thought about the fact that media organisations need people like Trump to get clicks and more revenue. This could well explain why more boring (sensible and grown up) politicians get such a hard time. What a world!

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