Jennifer Schulze writes, "Some Trump stories were completely ignored, while others were given the one-and-done treatment instead of sustained in-depth coverage. A few were just plain wrong. None seem to comprehend the pattern of behavior."
Jennifer Schulze writes, "The “don’t debate” voices are being crowded out by Trump and the mainstream media, so I think our next best hope is to scrap the normal debate structure and replace it with significantly better guardrails."
Jennifer Schulze writes, "The many struggles the media has covering Trump are well documented and are evident yet again with this unprecedented trial."
Jennifer Schulze writes, "Debates are for normal political campaigns. This Biden-Trump race is anything but normal."
Jennifer Schulze writes, "Is this a legitimate “both sides” story with Republicans on one side of an issue and Democrats on the other? Or is it a right-wing disinformation ploy to create manufactured outrage over religious and gender issues in an election year?"
Jennifer Schulze writes, "I am proud of the journalists who this week stood firmly for the idea that journalism is about the truth."
Jennifer Schulze writes, "Instead of seeing this improved coverage as the start of a trend, I think it is more likely that Trump’s use of the word “bloodbath” was simply irresistible. It’s so jarring, even coming from Donald Trump, that journalists and headline writers had no choice but to give it the front-page coverage it deserved."
Jennifer Schulze writes, "The best journalists are curious and relentless about asking questions to get to the heart of something. Do they no longer teach this stuff in journalism schools? Because very few journalists had any questions about the Britt speech."
Jennifer Schulze writes, "The media is making the same mistake it’s made repeatedly with Donald Trump: minimizing extremism and, in some cases, even ignoring it."
Jennfier Schulze writes: "The press is complicit because their first instinct is to print the lies without checking the facts, without providing context, without even the irony that this moment so richly conjures."