"Too many in the media bottled it. At some point we have to own this. Donald Trump and his mob succeeded in getting this far because we, the media, failed. We failed you."
I have been waiting four long years to say this. It's important.
Pls watch/share:
I have been waiting four long years to say this. It's important.
Pls watch/share:
"Many of us in the media have rightly been rightly slamming Republicans..for enabling the worst excesses of Trump. What we haven't done is taken a long hard look at ourselves, our own role in enabling him."
My mini-rant on the #mediafail of the Trump era:
My mini-rant on the #mediafail of the Trump era:
"The sad reality is that a lot of black and brown voices in the media...we were calling out Trump long before others...and without much support from our peers...the U.S. media has been too white, for too long."
My mini-rant on the @MehdiHasanShow tonight:
My mini-rant on the @MehdiHasanShow tonight:
"If you work in the media and only now is the moment you're truly shocked by Trump or by Trump supporters, only now is the moment you think he has gone too far, you have to ask yourself: Why? Why did you turn a blind eye to the threat for so long?"
Me:
Me:
https://twitter.com/MehdiHasanShow/status/1348802348718706689
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