from the maybe-don't-be-government-stenographers dept

It’s never a good idea to just print whatever the government tells you to print, not when you have the First Amendment to rely on. On the other hand, if you’re CBS News , it’s probably in your best interest to run whatever the government says to run because it’s probably going to be the same thing your boss will tell you to run. ( thanks Bari )

When it comes to the aftermath of the hurried, botched remake of the Lincoln Reflecting Pool in Trump’s own image, press agencies should have led with their skepticism. This rarely happened and it gave Trump just enough cover to convert his failures into arrests of US citizens.

All of that has fallen apart.…