Town Hall - Guy Benson
The frenetic pace of recent news cycles is disorienting -- with a barrage of fresh, seemingly-meaningful scoops dropping constantly. The press smells blood in the water. They're piling on the Trump administration, quoting an endless chain of anonymous sources and leakers to construct a narrative of a chaos-consumed White House on the verge of collapse, under the weight of scandal and ineptitude. Some of that perception is deserved and firmly grounded in reality. But other stories garnering a lot of attention and social media amplification smack of overreach and 'me-too-ism,' wherein reporters and news organizations rush out content that intensifies the cacophony of mayhem without adding any real news value. Schadenfreude-addicted Trump critics latch on to every negative bulletin with glee, celebrating each contribution to what they hope is the president's political demise. Conspiratorial Trump supporters reject all unhelpful reporting as "fake news," convinced that a coordinated effort is afoot to take down an innocent leader. In the endless churn of anger and dramatic pronouncements, several pillars of responsible journalism feel diminished: Context, perspective and circumspection.
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