...the press may be tempted toward — and richly rewarded for — a kind of hysterical oppositionalism, a mirroring of Trump’s own tabloid style and disregard for truth.
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The danger for the established press...is the same danger facing other institutions in our republic: that while believing themselves to be nobly resisting Trump, they end up imitating him.

Such imitation will inspire reader loyalty and passion — up to a point. But beyond that point it’s more likely to polarize than to persuade, which means it often does a demagogue’s work for him.

Fellow journalists, don’t do it.

That is near the first and is the last few paragraphs of a Ross Douhat column last week. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/21/opinion/sunday/the-tempting-of-the-media.html?_r=0&referer=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/01/28/opinion/sunday/the-fog-of-trump.html I agree with those and disagree by varying degrees with everything in between, pretty typical for me with a Douthat column. As if anyone cares.