New Poem: ODE TO CHRIS CUOMO

 see that news person crying in the corner

 he was fired for dubious ethical decisions

 and he tried to keep his even more dubious brother in power

 now he cries ice cubes like a penguin in a Bugs Bunny cartoon

 wailing about the big comedown of working for NewsNation

 oh I’ll never again be Number One, he despairs

 then a smile breaks through the misery

 he yells to the other patrons:

 wait until I win my $125 million arbitration suit against CNN

 as Alisyn Camerota appears on the big screen TV

 in the time slot he thought he might own forever

Margaret Sullivan on “balanced” news in the Trump era.

Excerpted from a WASHINGTON POST op-ed column:

The news media continues — even now when it should know better — to be addicted to “both sides” journalism. In the name of fairness, objectivity and respect for the office of the presidency, it still seems to take Trump — along with his array of deceptive surrogates — at his word, while knowing full well that his word isn’t good.

When major news organizations publish tweets and news alerts that repeat falsehoods merely because the president uttered them, it’s the same kind of journalistic malpractice as offering a prime interview spot to Kellyanne Conway.