It’s time for the press to suspend normal relations with the Trump presidency

It’s time for the press to suspend normal relations with the Trump presidency

Jay Rosen writes:

It sometimes happens in diplomacy that one country has to say to another: “This is extreme. We cannot accept this. You have gone too far.” And so it suspends diplomatic relations.

In 2012 the government of Canada announced that it would suspend diplomatic relations with Iran. “Canada views the government of Iran as the most significant threat to global peace and security in the world today,” said the foreign minister.

Journalists charged with covering him should suspend normal relations with the presidency of Donald Trump, which is the most significant live threat to a well-informed public in the United States today.

That is my recommendation. [Continue reading…]

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