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I think if there's one tweet that epitomizes the media's largely irresponsible, unserious behavior during the last election, that played a large part in getting us to where we're at today, it's this one.
When people get (stay) mad at Maggie/NYT/Ken Vogel/Politico etc, no matter how many stories of 'great' scoops they write in the current admin, we all remember their behavior that enabled Trump to get elected. There is no going back from there.
Despite what all of your readers were yelling at you, you thought you knew better. You thought Hillary was a shoe-in (and btw you hated her guts bc she didn't call you up at 10 PM to rant about her opponent) & you could burnish your 'both sides' credentials by attacking her.
You thought Trump's scandals were so bad that it didn't matter what you published, when in reality, what you published severely diminished Trump's scandals in the eyes of many voters & the only thing they ended up remembering was your consistent refrain of EMAILS!!!!!!!
And then, to cap it all off, when it became abundantly clear that there was nothing there; that they hyped RW oppo, minutia & worst of all, actively laundered a RU, disinformation campaign, there was not one iota of contrition. Not even the slightest recognition of what they did.
Instead, all of the intimately involved, like Maggie & Ken Vogel, fell upward. They got fat book deals, promotions, access to the president they helped elect to write stories that received plaudits & gave them more relevancy than ever. Their outlets got record subscribers.
