Last week, I argued that liberal, progressive readers could make an effort to read articles from the opposite side of the political spectrum. And the picture becomes grimmer still when we consider how Trump’s media cadres insulate him, and his whole movement, from the intrusion of reality. And that’s because one, I’m Jewish; two, I left Breitbart; three, I didn’t back Trump. Best paragraph: “It’s possible that a Trump loss would have led to an exorcism of the worst elements of the conservative media. But they saw Trump’s victory as their victory too.

Source: The Guardian December 01, 2016 13:00 UTC