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My journalism predictions for 2022

“Democracy is bigger than Democrats and Republicans, and it’s incumbent upon journalists to defend it with all they have. I don’t believe they’re up to the task, but I’d love to be proven wrong.”

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Parker Molloy
Dec 09, 2021
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The past couple of years, the very kind people over at Nieman Journalism Lab have reached out to me as part of their end-of-year predictions feature. Last year, I predicted that 2021 would be the year the press couldn’t quit Trump, elevating him to the level of something of a “shadow president” in temporary exile. Based on the fact that there are plenty…

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