"... The truth is that Donald Trump undermined faith in our elections in his false bid to retain the presidency. He sparked an insurrection intended to overthrow our government and keep himself in power. No president in our history has done worse.
This is not subjective. We all saw it. Plenty of leaders today try to convince the masses we did not see what we saw, but our eyes don’t deceive. (If leaders began a yearslong campaign today to convince us that the Baltimore bridge did not collapse Tuesday morning, would you ever believe them?) Trust your eyes. Trump on Jan. 6 launched the most serious threat to our system of government since the Civil War. You know that. You saw it.
The facts involving Trump are crystal clear, and as news people, we cannot pretend otherwise, as unpopular as that might be with a segment of our readers. There aren’t two sides to facts. People who say the earth is flat don’t get space on our platforms. If that offends them, so be it..." -- excerpt from an editorial by the editor of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, Chris Quinn, simply laying out what every news media should be telling its readers/ viewers, whether they want to believe it or not, and whether or not it costs them business. Too many have temporized, become numb, or otherwise have downplayed the existential threat posed by the Malignant Loser. It appears to be a hard habit to break (see Tweets below).
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