A Biden presidency risks neutering the news media

It was the “abnormal” President Trump that allowed for news media organizations to define their operations under his presidency. He constantly attacked them and the truth, whereas they claim to have faithfully presided as truth’s gatekeepers — as a check on Trump’s myriad lies. It made for four years of fluster.

Considering the prevailing posture of the news media — their kid-glove treatment of Joe Biden during the campaign, the liberal bias in so much of their reporting, the dramatic performances of reporters at press conferences and on social media — the “normal” that Biden’s apparent victory restores is most welcome. CNN said as much in a new promotional advertisement.