normal journalism rules and rules of political behavior because they see donald trump as such a big threat. they would say a hitleresque threat. that means they don t have to follow the normal rules of journalism in this case. i think it s more of a threat to the system of favors, money, and access that has been developed through what we have known as a political establishment. tucker: it s not just the conventional left-right thing. they are liberal, trump is conservative, they hate him. there is something different going on. populism with trump that scares them? i think it s the fact that washington survived, as welyouknow as well as i do. access and money where people have spent decades paying into certain politicians, democrats and republicans alike, to make sure certain political hearings don t happen. to make sure certain laws have provisions written in. all of a sudden, overnight, all of that access they have bought, all the hard work they have done as lobbyists and so on is
story, the network, thomas frank, their departure as resignations following the fiasco. cnn imposing a new rule, get permission from executives before putting any story about russia on the air. cheryl atkinson, author of the smear, worked at cnn for three year saying there has been a in the past two years in the media s position as unbiased arbiter toward one that pushes narratives. we have now invited pundits and political operatives into our newsroom not just as commentators but as reporters, sometimes there is little meaningful difference between people reporting the news and the political operatives who want to advance those narratives. i also think the establishment, democrats, republicans and the media establishment exempted themselves from normal journalism rules and rules of political behavior because they