… The professional norms that still shape the behavior of a large portion of journalists will be Trump’s major problem in the summer and fall campaign. …
How will Donald Trump’s positions and rhetoric be treated by journalists who think of themselves as nonpartisan and subscribe to these professional norms? The big thing determining if his assertions are treated as in the sphere of controversy or rejected as belonging to the sphere of deviance is whether other prominent Republicans support him on a daily basis. CONT.
Jonathan M. Ladd, Mischiefs of Faction