WAPO journalist - we must be biased in order to stop Trump

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Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan suggested over the weekend that journalists should not be preoccupied with objectivity with their reporting as the country enters what she describes as the "Trump Unbound" era.

Sullivan began her column on Sunday by acknowledging the "adjustments" the media made under President Trump like labeling "a lie a lie" and offering fact-checking in real time, but sounded the alarm that such adaptions are not enough following Trump's acquittal in the impeachment trial.

"Call it Trump Unbound. In this new era, Trump has declared himself the nation’s chief law enforcement official. He has pardoned a raft of corrupt officials. He has exacted revenge on those he sees as his impeachment enemies," Sullivan explained. "In other words, we are in entirely new territory now. Should the news media continue as usual? Should it retain its own traditions as the nation slides toward autocracy? Should it treat the Trump presidency as pretty much the usual thing, with a few more fact-checks and the occasional use of a word like 'lie?' No. We need a new and better approach if we’re going to do our jobs adequately."

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