In the Trump era, many Washington reporters became resistance heroes, showered with book deals, TV contacts, and Twitter followers. I talked to some of them about their (our) ambivalence about that—and what they plan to do next.
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“On a purely social level, I don’t know that reporting critically on Joe Biden will feel as safe for reporters,” @Olivianuzzi told me. “You’re not going to get yass queen–ed to death.” theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
One cable-news anchor told me that praise from anti-Trump celebrities on Twitter has become like a “narcotic” for some of his colleagues: “It’s important to people that George Takei likes their monologue." theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
.@Yamiche told me she hopes the press will apply the lessons of the Trump era to covering the next administration: theatlantic.com/politics/archi… 
And @ddale8 says that while fact-checkers like him should apply the same intensity and rigor to the next president, the reality is that “it will not be a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week job to fact-check Biden” because he lies less often than Trump does. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
One thing reporters need to start thinking through now: Trump has lowered the bar on presidential conduct so far that it may look like nitpicking when we cover bad behavior in the Biden admin. But we still need to cover that stuff! Proportion will be key. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…
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