If judges can't reverse death sentences based on new evidence then there is no point to having judges.
To this point, it’s not so much about influencing someone’s politics, but influencing norms and expectations for describing behavior accurately and ethically. As big papers, there is a massive downstream impact on how politics are covered elsewhere.
The news media has explicitly endorsed misinformation as a valid form of information. They would all watch this clip and say “this is how it’s done”
It is not “opinion” to call this man racist. It’s just a fact.
Researchers, scholars and experts on the American Right have been sounding the alarm for a while now. We were dismissed as hysterical. And yet, even now, as Trump‘s campaign descends into Klan rally territory/full blown fascism, it’s not reflected in most media coverage. Maddening.
Fascism has come to America. What else can you say? These images are just from today. He calls his enemies "vermin," wants to revoke media broadcast licenses, and foments hate against members of ethnic minority groups, whom he promises to deport by the millions in order to fix country's problems.
I think they want human shaped robots because, in fact, they want slaves.
No matter the election result, people are going to die. There will be violence. And we keep acting like everything is normal.