I’ve been thinking about sending Congress a thank-you card. 

Because of our elected officials’ dysfunction (most recently on full display during the pointless shutdown), Americans view the media in a slightly better light than our lawmakers. 

Congress ranks dead last, according to Gallup, when it comes to the public’s confidence in leading institutions. Yet, the news media is right behind it. And it’s not hard to figure out why. 

President Donald Trump regularly calls the legacy press “fake news,” and unfortunately, it often lives up to the insult. 

Take, for instance, the recent revelation about a BBC documentary on Trump that aired in Britain in October 2024 ahead of the U.S. election. A leaked internal memo has drawn attention to how it was misleadingly........

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