Giving up the anti-Trump stance may be too heavy a lift.
Poet Robert Frost wrote of the choices we face and the paths that ultimately define us; it is a concept that must surely be occupying editorial meetings across the nation as each particular outlet of the Fourth Estate determines whether it will opt for the path less traveled or the comfortable, familiar path.
Since legacy media have so avidly aligned themselves against President Donald Trump from 2015 onward, his return to the White House poses a conundrum: continue to be part of the unofficial “resistance” or play a straight hand?
Splitting the Fourth Estate Deck
There is evidence that some media outlets are attempting to go cold turkey on the Trump bashing. On the morning of Jan. 21 – one day after Trump’s inauguration – the top stories were a mixed bag….