Tweets Of The Day -- Media, Do Your Damn Job! (UPDATED)

A real problem is that politics in Trump’s era has taken on a moral dimension that news outlets either aren’t equipped to cover, or think it’s their duty to avoid. And if they avoid it, they avoid their job, which is to accurately represent to their audience what’s happening.

— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) July 15, 2019

NBC News is far from alone.  Here's word artisan Peter Baker, access journalist, New York Effing Times:

Racial fire. Racially infused. Racially tinged. Racially charged. Racial animus.

Does the NYT pay by the euphemism these days holy shithttps://t.co/kbZs291bFc pic.twitter.com/wj2peN2ue4

— Ari Schwartz (@arischwartz) July 15, 2019

NY Times: "racially infused" 🧐 pic.twitter.com/wosBr94jw8

— Barry Malone (@malonebarry) July 15, 2019

LOL, everyone made fun of @nytimes for using "racially charged" too much in their copy so they switched to "racially infused" instead. https://t.co/53VnPUdGiH

— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 15, 2019

Here's a round- up of more spineless stenographers.

Masha Gessen was right:  our institutions will not save us.

UPDATE: Credit where due -- The Washington Post's reporters finally get it right.