“Trump is, of course, a master of distraction and media manipulation. It’s possible to resist being his chump, but it takes continued self-regulation.”

— Margaret Sullivan (journalist)

Journalists in the age of Trump: Lose the smugness, keep the mission. (November 29, 2016)

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