Off Limits, But We Need to Talk About It

Image by Alex Shuper.

A recent Washington Post headline read “Democrats face a reckoning and a long rebuilding. There’s no quick fix.” The criticism is universal and deserved. But other factors influenced the outcome of this election: a press that normalized Trumps behavior; biased news organizations, especially Fox who admittedly lied to viewers, and an unregulated digital media, which spread mountains of misinformation and disinformation.

One crucial factor that frequently escapes...