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Normalizing a Trump rally is media malpractice

AP stepped around the ugly mess last weekend
Mark Jacob
May 15, 2024
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Today’s installment of our short video series Media Misses looks at how the Associated Press failed to mention the most offensive aspects of Donald Trump’s rally last weekend in Wildwood, N.J. AP also bought into a clearly bogus crowd estimate.

Media Misses pairs me with

Steven Beschloss
, author of the outstanding “America, America” newsletter. Consider subscribing. Also subscribe to “Stop the Presses” if you haven’t already.

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A short video series calling out journalism's failures to effectively confront right-wing extremism. Produced in collaboration with Steven Beschloss.
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