The good press

December 11, 2022

The good press

Ironically, right about now, in this Trump moment, it may be people that are most plugged into mainstream press, such as traditional broadcast, that notice that many people in the mainstream press, especially those that have moved into digital spaces, are very surprised when they mention how good the reporting by the left-wing press has been for a long time.  Those who know, we roll our eyes.  The left-wing press is usually the first to report on anything of massive import to society, things often so massive that these events, and critical scandals, are only mentioned by the mainstream press in retrospectives.  My favorite example is the early biography of Trump by Wayne Barrett that concernedly did not influence the discourse around Trump nearly enough, in either the first campaign or the second, and definitely not enough during the presidency.  Maybe those who know, we shouldn't scoff when we hear the surprise when mainstream press people mention the good reporting done by the left-wing press.  We're scoffing at the surprise in their tone more than anything.