“The stakes, of course, mean the stakes for American democracy,” Rosen told me by phone Tuesday.
Needless to say, sounding the alarm on Trump’s disturbing conduct is more difficult than engaging in horse race coverage.
“And [horse race coverage] is an easy way to make a complicated subject come alive for audiences,” Rosen added.
“Rather, that the horse race should not be the model for how you design your coverage.
“We are getting more and more stakes journalism from our national media,” Rosen said.
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CNN — “, Jay Rosen, Rosen, —, ” Rosen, “, Donald Trump, they’re, ” That’s, “ Rather, ”
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CNN, York University, The New York Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, MSNBC
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