The press is supposed to equip people to act as citizens and not just consumers of programming that happens to be news.

After all, the reporters are the ones who get to ask the questions.

I think there's been an overestimation of how much the press can shape coverage and people's decisions.

The paid Trump surrogates help CNN keep his supporters engaged with their shows, but it also sends their own reporters busy chasing after many of their false claims. That's not a virtuous news cycle. It's an insidious one.

Near counts more than far, familiar more than different. Such is the indictment against the press, that it fails to treat similar tragedies with equal dignity.

Each time that Donald Trump promises to come forward with something, when you actually get to the point of disclosure it seems as though there's a lot less that was promised for the press and particularly for the public to understand.

The press is supposed to equip people to act as citizens and not just consumers of programming that happens to be news.