After President Trump claimed last month that mail-in ballots will lead to a “rigged” election, journalism professor and media critic Jay Rosen wrote that the president now posed “an active threat to American democracy”. But the media, he says, is still failing to convey the urgency of that threat. Instead, reporters too often amplify the president’s dubious claims and normalize his conduct. Rosen joins Forum to lay out the shortcomings of traditional campaign coverage in the Trump era, and how news outlets should respond.
Jay Rosen on How the Media Should Cover Trump and the 2020 Election
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President Trump speaks to the media as he makes his way to board Air Force One before departing from Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on September 1, 2020. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Guests:
Jay Rosen, press critic and editor, PressThink.org; professor of journalism, New York University<br />
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