Morning Jolt: The Limits of Press-Bashing

On the menu today: Sure, there's a lot of lousy coverage of presidential candidates out there, and you can find a lot of hagiographic coverage of Democratic figures and unfairly critical coverage of Republican figures. But press-bashing has now become a reflex among certain Republican officeholders, and it's starting to become a crutch, an easy way to swat away legitimate questions. The widespread contempt for reporters and the process of covering campaigns raises some questions about just what Republicans think is fair coverage, and whether they would prefer to sit back and watch a primary that consisted entirely of speeches and scripted applause lines, with no questions or off-the-cuff answers.

Republicans Should Expect, Not Dodge, Tough Questions

Last week, Florida governor Ron DeSantis completed an overseas trade tour of Japan, South Korea, Israel, and the United Kingdom that was totally focused on increasing Florida's exports to those countries, and purely coincidentally provided him some B-roll footage for future presidential-campaign ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY May 03 2023 WITH JIM GERAGHTY May 03 2023 The Limits of Press-Bashing On the menu today: Sure, there's a lot of lousy coverage of presidential candidates out there, and you can find a lot of hagiographic coverage of Democratic figures and unfairly critical coverage of Republican figures. But press-bashing has now become a reflex among certain Republican officeholders, and it's starting to become a crutch, an easy way to swat away legitimate questions. The widespread contempt for reporters and the process of covering campaigns raises some questions about just what Republicans think is fair coverage, and whether they would prefer to sit back and watch a primary that consisted entirely of speeches and scripted applause lines, with no questions or off-the-cuff answers. Republicans Should Expect, Not Dodge, Tough Questions Last week, Florida governor Ron DeSantis completed an overseas trade tour of Japan, South Korea, Israel, and the United Kingdom that was totally focused on increasing Florida's exports to those countries, and purely coincidentally provided him some B-roll footage for future presidential-campaign ...   READ MORE

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