OPINION: Infrastructure is not sexy, I know, but it’s significant and has much more impact on people’s daily lives than some of Trump’s antics, writes Karen List, a journalism professor at UMassAmherst.
What must President Biden have thought when he picked up the paper and turned on the news that day? Maybe a saltier version of: “You’ve got to be kidding me?”
I thought on July 27 — and on many other days — that the balance was off. As important as those Trump stories are, it seemed to me that Biden, his agenda and his accomplishments were not always getting as much coverage as they deserved. Infrastructure is not sexy, I know, but it’s significant and has much more impact on people’s daily lives than some of Trump’s antics.
And I’ve heard similar comments from my UMass students. Some have cut back on reading and watching news because they’re “tired of Trump.” For that reason, I try to limit my commentary on him in journalism and law classes so as not to lose their interest, even though our discussions of sedition, libel and access to classified documents must include discussion of the former president.
Some media critics say journalists have been too tough on Biden in an effort to match their tough reporting on Trump. Of course, all presidents should be held accountable through rigorous reporting. Still, in all the coverage and commentary on Biden’s age, thereBut it isn’t the media’s job to match tough stories on one president to those on another. A reporter’s job is to report evidence-based truth, fairly and transparently, always.
is under assault by forces loyal to Trump, the Times reported that Trump described the speech as “the most vicious, hateful and divisive speech ever delivered by an American president.”The media can’t and shouldn’t cover “both sides” of this divide equally. They should give both sides the standing they deserve in the story with an eye to appropriate balance in terms of the overall picture being presented.
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