The news media hasn’t been covering itself in glory lately. Reporters have been letting the Trump campaign use them as props in “press conferences”, where the candidate rambles and lies without pushback. The news networks have been treating these shows as newsworthy events and covering them live, while simultaneously complaining that Kamala Harris is too busy campaigning to answer their questions — as if anything Trump said in his news conferences constituted answers to the questions he was asked. And as if they have asked Harris anything of substance in the few openings she has given them.
That’s the topic of this week’s featured article: “Harris, Trump, and Our Broken News Media”. It should be out sometime before 10 EDT.
That leaves the weekly summary a lot to cover: Ukraine’s surprising counter-invasion of Russia, the ongoing horror in Gaza, the Democratic Convention that begins today, and a number of other things. I’m running behind today, but I’ll try to get that out by 1.
The Weekly Sift 
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Almost compelled to forward this to my “news” sources. They all should be ashamed of themselves. Took half way through the rump article on NYT Sunday front page to start writing in a very benign way about 2025 and all the evil behind it. But would sending it make a difference? Keep writing!
It’s hard to know how much difference it would make in the coverage if you send it. But it will definitely not make any difference in the coverage if you don’t send it.