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Media return from soul-searching empty-handed

By Eddie Scarry
Published February 11, 2017 3:45pm ET
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Media return from soul-searching empty-handed
Trump single-handedly reoriented the political landscape and shone a light on a massive portion of the electorate that the media had long forgotten. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) | Susan Walsh

Anybody who blinked after the 2016 election likely missed all the “soul-searching” the news media said it so desperately needed.

When Trump launched his campaign in the summer of 2015, journalists said he was a racist windbag going nowhere.

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