A couple of weeks ago, Nate Silver wrote that “[Donald] Trump has been able to disrupt the news pretty much any time he wants, whether by being newsworthy, offensive, salacious or entertaining. The media has almost always played along.”
Silver and his team at FiveThirtyEight have ably tracked how Trump has done it, concluding that he’s “hacked the system” with his unorthodox and brute campaign style. In doing so, Trump has challenged the journalism industry to take a few moments in remembrance of its departed colleague, News Judgment. In memoriam, old friend.
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