Tuesday, February 13, 2024

QOTD -- Malpractice

 

Rex Huppke writes in USA Today about a form of malpractice that puts America at risk:

... No news organization would be biased to treat the cruel or racist or dishonest or gibberish-y things Trump says each day as newsworthy. Trump could absolutely become president again, and anything that downplays his true nature while zooming in tighter on Biden's issues is irresponsible and not proper news judgement. It's a play for balance, not reality.  [snip]

But in the days since the [Hur] report on Biden came out, Trump has done things over and over that are orders of magnitude more serious, and the lack of commensurate attention shows it’s well past time news organizations stop both-sides-ing these two people.

One is a normal candidate with ample flaws and policies some will dislike. The other is a criminal defendant who constantly shows he’s a raging narcissist and a profound threat to this country and the world.

Pretending otherwise isn’t objectivity. It’s journalistic malpractice.

It's also comedic malpractice, btw (see "Tweets" below;  also, if you're getting Elon Musk's approval, you might be doing it wrong).