Thread by @tomselliott

CNN’s @brianstelter: How should the “reality-based media” like CNN cover Republicans?

Yale Prof. Timothy Snyder: "My advice for the press corps is to drop the 'fair and balanced'” approach

@brianstelter WaPo’s @crampell: Media focusing too much on the pricetag of Dems’ $3.5T bill: “The bill itself will not cost $3.5T in the sense it will be entirely, or at least partly, paid for. So the actual cost will be smaller than that, perhaps zero, although I think that’s unlikely"

@brianstelter @crampell Stelter to @nhannahjones on school districts banning the #1619Project curriculum: “Is this just the ‘whitelash' in another form, Nikole? Some white Americans afraid to deal with reality?”

@brianstelter @crampell @nhannahjones Hannah-Jones: "We’re not just seeing bans on the 1619 Project. We're hearing parents saying we don’t think you should teach the story of Ruby Bridges because it makes white children feel bad. We are seeing bans against the teachings of Martin Luther King’s works."

@brianstelter @crampell @nhannahjones Cont’d: "This is actually trying to control the collective memory of this country, and trying to say ‘We’re just going to purge uncomfortable truths from our collective memory' and that’s very dangerous."