The media has a big credibility problem

Obviously candid and informed, and rising fast in her field, Coaston answered a long string of my questions about her “intuitions” about the views and votes of Manhattan-Beltway media elites. It’s no surprise when a center-right conservative, or just a plain old partisan Republican, says, “The media cannot be trusted because it’s very biased to the left and an extension of the Democratic Party.” That’s dog-bites-man stuff. When a credentialed New York Times journalist provides an arsenal of ammunition for the argument, that’s worth pausing over.