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Right on cue, media begins to normalize Trump
Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Miami (Fox News/screen grab)

Right on cue, media begins to normalize Trump

Throughout the election, critics often savaged the media for "normalizing Trump": broadly defined as the act of treating his rank sexism, xenophobia, and fascistic-dog whistles as just another policy difference against equally valid opponents. This trend–borne largely by a combination of cognitive dissonance and access–is being accelerated now that Trump has won the election and its…


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