TPM "..conventional news and commentary is incapable of handling willful lying in the public sphere"

[frazzled]

2. Anything with "I" in the language is de facto NOT reporting

There were seven "I"s in that snippet alone. And Chris Cillizza, at least in this capacity, is not a reporter. Most of what the cable outlets call news is not news, and it's definitely not reporting. This was not "coverage" or "news" or anything close to it. It's jibber-jabber commentary and opinion, made extemporaneously and off the cuff. We've known this for decades now. I'm surprised that Josh Marshall is surprised to discover this.

It's why I have not watched cable for some seven years now, except to watch live events (and then I turn the commentators and panels off immediately after). Anyone charged with blathering on for an hour is bound to say misleading, incorrect, or even stupid things. Even so-called "reasonable" people (though I'm not sure I'd lump Cillizza in that category, as Marshall has done.)