The article explores how typical media practices have come to be intensely scrutinized and interpreted as evidence of corruption under the second Trump administration. Everyday actions, such as editing interviews or adjusting photographs for print, become fodder for conspiracy theories claiming media manipulation aimed at slanting coverage in favor of Democrats. This shift reflects a deeper narrative of 'information warfare,' where basic editorial practices are weaponized to create a false sense of controversy and distrust in the media.
A television news program does bog-standard edits on an interview with a politician, of the boring sort that have been done untold thousands of times. This becomes proof of "news distortion" to the degree that requires a federal investigation.
We're seeing the repeated weaponization of even the most standard acts of journalism - an asymmetric kind of information warfare aimed at inventing clouds of controversy.
#media-criticism #trump-administration #journalism-standards #information-warfare #political-discourse
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