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Donald Trump became the first convicted felon former U.S. president last week.
@damemagazine’s Andrea Grimes wrote about the media’s shortcomings in covering Trump and the things he does. “His continued success is built on the media’s terror at the prospect of being accused of ‘bias’ if it dares describe his words and actions in plain language,” she writes.
@Flipboard @damemagazine
The media has an extreme far-right bias because they are terrified of being called biased.
Irony.
yes we've published a ton of pieces speaking to that, we'll grab some from our archives.