Will More Media Bias Save Democracy?

The Washington Post’s media columnist is summoning saviors because “our democracy is under attack.” Margaret Sullivan wants Washington journalists to adopt a “pro-democracy” frame and “start being patriotic.”  Reporters should cease focusing on “winners and losers” in political skirmishes and instead ask “who is serving the democracy and who is undermining it.”

From Sullivan’s view, media coverage has been fatally handicapped by purporting to accurately portray political developments. Instead, it is time for reporters to take sides on the barricades.

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