“Finally, journalists should give up thinking that there is anything to be accomplished by confronting Trump on his dissembling or that he will ever admit to making a mistake.”
“‘Accountability IS a legitimate aim, but only a politician with a sense of shame can be held accountable by tough questions,’ press critic Jay Rosen tweeted a few days ago: ....”
“‘People who think that confronting Donald Trump more forcefully with facts he cannot deny will produce some kind of accountability must never have lived with a malignant narcissist.’”
