they've lost the ability to assess events rationally.
If they ever had that ability, they never used it. The press has always been in the business of advocacy and spin.
It is now more difficult to get away with, as people have other sources for information, especially the raw material that used to be excerpted for effect, by the press.
Raimondo is an interesting character in his own right. His views are emphatically rejected by the LA Times.
He was on FR long time ago.