There is no vile promise Trump can make that will cause Big Journalism to take seriously the dire threat he poses to democracy and fundamental liberties.
Take his weekend Purge talk. He can't wait to unleash the worst police -- the racists and bullies who otherwise decent cops and public officials allow to operate with impunity. And standing beside those rogue cops will be his brownshirt brigades who can't wait to kill some of their neighbors.
This is real. But journalism just shrugs.
Dan Gillmor /
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