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TPM – Talking Points Memo

Yes. Political Journalism Remains Wired for the GOP.

TPM – Talking Points Memo
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David Gergen : At the elite level, political journalists have a basic contempt for Democrats .

He says it's not even concealed because in a way it’s hardly even recognized as such.

This continues to be the case despite the fact that most of the people I’m talking about, if they vote, probably vote for Democrats . They are socio-economically and culturally, if not always ideologically, the peers of Democrats . If anything, this basic pattern has become more the case over the last decade .

Democrats can’t force reporters to act differently. It’s in the nature of a free press that they shouldn't be able to.

What you can do is recognize that contempt and imbalance as a real thing that creates a structural tilt in basically all dominant political news coverage and act accordingly.

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English

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39

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