How The New York Times ceded the election narrative to Trump — and what their coverage should include instead
by: Lori Dorfman
posted on Friday, October 02, 2020
In letting Trump control the narrative, the Times and other media outlets lost the real election story: One of the longest and most vexing problems in United States elections is the large part of the electorate who does not vote. Where are the stories on that? Or the youth vote? Or efforts to combat voter intimidation and suppression? These stories are harder to tell but the health of our democracy depends on them.
Tags: democracy, media analysis, narrative