Press Is Its Own Worst Enemy

Among the many downsides to a press that is captured by a single political ideology is the gradual dissolution of reasonable and measured editorial standards. When journalists and editors are in lockstep with the demands and passions of a lone political entity, what will naturally follow are indefensible, incoherent, and contradictory editorial decisions.

This week, we saw a prime example of this dangerous tendency in the headlines published following the Colorado supreme court’s ruling to keep Donald Trump off the state’s 2024 ballot.

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Becket Adams

Becket Adams is a columnist for National Review, the Washington Examiner, and The Hill.

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Among the many downsides to a press that is captured by a single political ideology is the gradual dissolution of reasonable and measured editorial standards. When journalists and editors are in lockstep with the demands and passions of a lone political entity, what will naturally follow are indefensible, incoherent, and contradictory editorial decisions.

This week, we saw a prime example of this dangerous tendency in the headlines published following the Colorado supreme court’s ruling to keep Donald Trump off the state’s 2024 ballot.