We have a White Houe Press Corps problem.

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18. well, i do admit that is a possibility

i don't talk about it much on this forum, but i think denying it outright discounts some obvious positional advantages held by our adversaries.

Putin has dealt our nation a serious wound -- just how serious remains to be seen. only a handful of people, mostly working with the Mueller investigation, know the full scope of the damage. but the more annoying fact is that wound was delivered on top of a thousand self-inflicted cuts.

we don't just have a press corps problem, we have a serious cultural split wherein media owners enjoy the ad revenue reaped by playing both sides against the middle. the seeds planted by a generation of Koch money have born fruit, in the form of self-destructive governments at the state and local levels, now fully realized at the federal level. i think we're past the point where responsible journalism alone can save us. our national dialectic has drifted far beyond arguments over optimal solutions to common problems -- we now disagree over basic premises and principles. half the adults in this country live in an alternate reality constructed by varying degrees of Fox News, Alex Jones, and Rush Limbaugh broadcasts. we have a serious epistemological disconnect on what constitutes a reliable source of information. IMHO, more contentious WH press briefings are only going to dig the hole faster.