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The Media Are the Guardians of Public Opinion, but Who Is Guarding the Guardians?

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The Media Are the Guardians of Public Opinion, but Who Is Guarding the Guardians?
White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders speaks with the media at the White House in Washington, DC, on April 2, 2019. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images
Clifford Humphrey
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Soon after the 2016 election, The Washington Post adopted the slogan “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” Well, turns out democracy can also be blinded by those whose job it is to shine the light. Sometimes lamplighters are just gaslighters.
Clifford Humphrey
Clifford Humphrey
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Clifford Humphrey is a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Human Ecology at the Catholic University of America and the Director of Admissions for Thales College. He holds a PhD in politics from Hillsdale College, and he resides in Raleigh, North Carolina.
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