The media owes Trump an apology -- and an about-face in his second...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : And the nation deserves that, too.Media outlets must respect their audiences enough not to lie to them about reality, and must respect the truth enough to present the full picture of what Trump and his supporters believe.
45% : Trump deserves more than "I'm no fan, but..." rebuttals.
40% : If they can conquer Step 1 with an apology and a pledge to reform, and Step 2 by hiring sane commentators who don't hate Trump, perhaps we can arrive at Step 3: the presentation of the news in an unbiased manner, and the rehabilitation of their tattered reputations.
37% : This kind of representation might lead the average Times or WaPo reader to believe that most Republicans do not support Trump -- which could not be further from the truth, as the election results exposed.
34% : The self-described Republicans on MSNBC and CNN have largely opposed Trump.
27% : Politico called that Trump win "an outcome that arrived not just as an embarrassment for the press but as an indictment.
27% : Over at The Washington Post, supposed conservative opinion-maker Jen Rubin spends most of her time penning unhinged rants against Trump, such as a post-election write-up complaining that Americans are not virtuous because they chose him.
1% : "Did we watch the same appearances these last few weeks, where Trump served fries and rode around in a garbage truck?What was dark, where was the defiance?After Trump shocked many by defeating Hillary Clinton in 2016, the term "media bubble" arose to explain journalists' astounding level of surprise.

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