The Washington press corps is covering one of the largest, continuing stories in recent history the same way it has covered the Trump administration since Day One.
In the real world, events are unfolding at a pace and scale impossible to comprehend. But at too many news outlets, the aim is not to inform.
Already The New York Times has twice called the White House response “calamitous,” including once in a supposedly straight-news article.
To get there, they’ve had to reverse themselves on a key allegation.