Today with breathtaking clarity the political journalists of the New York Times show us they cannot rise to the challenge of this election. They will portray it as two candidates clashing, each calling the other a threat to democracy. “Reality Is at Stake” the headline reads—but these reporters will not tell us what the reality is, even though they know.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/06/us/politics/jan-6-trump-biden.html

Trump Signals an Election Year Full of Falsehoods on Jan. 6 and Democracy

In dueling sets of speeches, Donald Trump and President Biden are framing the election as a battle for the future of democracy — with Mr. Trump brazenly casting Mr. Biden as the true menace.

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@JamesGleick Yes. And yet the editorial board could not have been much clearer. Deadly serious problem.