News media excelled during election, work remains
Tom Jones of Poynter, November 7, 2020, praises the news media for its performance during election week. They reported tirelessly, avoided calling the race prematurely and admitted when they didn’t have the data to offer an assurance. Jones sees it as a platform for rebuilding trust in the media, eroded during the last four years in part by repeated bashing by President Donald Trump. Stanford lecturer Janine Zacharia, San Francisco Chronicle, November 8, 2020, writes