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Washington Post editor Marty Baron grudgingly admits failure to be 'forthright about Trump's mendacity' | Press Watch

To those of us hoping for a journalistic reckoning in the post-Trump era, it's disheartening that the first admission of fault from a senior newsroom leader amounts to little more than a "whatever."

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Hasnain says:

“To those of us hoping that the fall of Trump would herald massive updates and upgrades to the anachronistic political reporting algorithms that served the public so poorly during his rise and rule, it is certainly disappointing that the first admission of fault from a senior newsroom leader amounts to little more than a “whatever.””

Posted on 2021-04-05T00:50:30+0000