CNN —Some news organizations are beating around the bush when covering prominent figures who hold detestable views, many of which are wholly unhinged from reality.
That has been on display over the last 24 hours on three different fronts: In stories about Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
“This type of normal language news organizations use doesn’t communicate how unhinged some of this stuff is,” media columnist Margaret Sullivan told me Tuesday.
But the duty of a journalist and news organizations is to tell the story, without fear or favor.
It gives those figures who profit financially and/or politically from extremist rhetoric license to continue trafficking in the destructive noise.
Persons:
Robert F, Kennedy, Jr, James Comer, Andrew Tate, peddle, Comer, Tate, Margaret Sullivan, ” Sullivan, ”, Jonathan Reiner, George Washington, ” Reiner, Donald Trump, Hunter Biden, Joe Biden, Alex Jones, Jones
Organizations:
CNN, Republican, Democratic, Department of Justice, Tate
Locations:
Kentucky