Journalism malpractice in the media has become so common that it gets accepted as normal. The Guardian, a publication that I generally expect to be better than other MSM outlets, has published an uncritical book “review” parroting, in the headline and article, one statement from an anonymous former Harris campaign staffer that ‘This person should not be president’. There is absolutely no cross-check, no critical presentation of counter-factual, and no review of the book’s authors and their biases that could lead to a particular framing that uses all anonymous sources. Nothing that would justify the article as anything other than a hit job creating controversy. VP Harris could be a horrible person to work with, and she could have enormous character flaws, and that would still not justify this “review”.

Source: The Guardian January 16, 2024 02:31 UTC