“They expressed concern that Trump might use the expansion of the press room to avoid answering “tough” questions by the “Professional Press,” and instead only take softball questions from those renegade interlopers who might lack the “professional credibility” to make the needed “tough” inquiries.”Remarkable how much “tougher” the questions from Democrats are when directed at Republicans than they are when directed at Democrats.. . . and the Democrats who are journalists have completely blown their “objectivity” cover. It is admissible to claim to be trying to be objective, it is even admirable if it is true. But because candor about the reasons why you might not be objective is the sine qua non of a good-faith attempt at objectivity, a claim of actual objectivity excludes the possibility that you are actually even trying to be objective.
Journalists who think they can control the government have an inherent temptation to be naive toward government and cynical about society. Since society is, according to Paine in Common Sense, “a blessing,” and government is merely “a necessary evil,” the common tendency to use “society” as a euphemism for “government” is exactly a reflection of cynicism toward the former and naivete toward the latter.