The Republican Horse Race Is Over, and Journalism Lost
Political journalists’ mistakes piled up as they played down the rise of Donald Trump as a serious candidate and emphasized his entertainment value.
in the end, you have to point the finger at national political journalism, which has too often lost sight of its primary directives in this election season: to help readers and viewers make sense of the presidential chaos; to reduce the confusion, not add to it; to resist the urge to put ratings, clicks and ad sales above the imperative of getting it right