Thread by @Comfynumb15

1. You're coming at it from the wrong premise, as if what existed before was "normal." We are now returning to the normal of truth, not spin, which is causing a commotion, primarily with the MSM.

Journos have a major problem: they practice Accountability Journalism...

https://twitter.com/CillizzaCNN/status/1055457184052625408

2. Thomas Wictor posted this today on Gab; if it doesn't answer your question then I don't know what to tell you.

"It doesn't matter that journalists condemn Trump and call themselves "a pillar of a free and open democracy."

3. "By adopting "accountability journalism," reporters gave themselves a license to lie.

""Op-eds are old news and neutrality and equal treatment to all sides of an issue aren't what journalism should be about, AP believes.

4. ""Will the opinion editorial category disappear under the new rules? "The journalistic ethics of old do not apply to the new guidelines over at the Associated Press. The new ethics are called 'accountability journalism,' and the new bureau chief,...

5. ""Ron Fournier, believes that the conventional press model, where both sides of an argument are entitled to equal weight, is exactly what journalists need to avoid. Fournier believes those old journalistic ethics are what stops reporters from telling the truth as they see it."

6. "This is why the press continuously writes fiction about Donald Trump.

They are telling the truth AS THEY SEE IT, and they will never change.

By adopting accountability journalism, the press forces us to choose between Trump and reporters.

I choose Trump. Every time.

7. "Journalism is dead. That's not Trump's fault."

Accountability Journalism; don't tell me this isn't taught in J School. Here is the referenced article...

digitaljournal.com/article/257410

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