Perry Bacon Jr.

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Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

So much good stuff in this @froomkin piece. But this is perhaps the most important, "Our presumed readers – the ones we worry about not offending – are white, male, affluent, and centrist." This is I think an unstated assumption in much of political journalism. — PolitiTweet.org

One thing @froomkin proposes that I had already done: stop thinking of my job as covering "politics." I really try… https://t.co/peqhkWep7K

Posted Feb. 1, 2021

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Perry Bacon Jr. @perrybaconjr

One thing @froomkin proposes that I had already done: stop thinking of my job as covering "politics." I really try to think of myself as covering government, elections and the two parties but not that every story is inherently about politics, which often really means elections. — PolitiTweet.org

The political media shifted during the Trump era (less both sides-ism), essentially conceding its critics were righ… https://t.co/ymEEFPaMYW

Posted Feb. 1, 2021

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The other thing @froomkin gets so right is that while political journalists have been perhaps too unwilling to write about today's GOP honestly and directly, we were probably not critical enough of Obama (in the right ways) either. https://t.co/n2aa9TC1Pk — PolitiTweet.org

So much good stuff in this @froomkin piece. But this is perhaps the most important, "Our presumed readers – the one… https://t.co/ZmMWqfbPXd

Posted Feb. 1, 2021