Brian Stelter shared this in his newsletter:
CNN weekend programming manager Ed Meagher texted this to me… and I told him I wanted to share it with all of you, because it reflects the reality for reporters in the field:
“We have one reporter in Nevada outside a packed Trump rally where no one is wearing masks, and another in California who is wearing his Wayfarer sunglasses because his eyes are blood red with smoke and ash. When I worked for CNN International, I used to worry all the time about the safety of reporters in the field. Gaza, Syria, Iraq. Now I’m focused on the US, and every weekend this country feels a little more like a war zone…”
It hits me every once in a while just how bad everything is in this country right now. There is a deadly pandemic, massive civil unrest, raging fires and hurricanes, a political system in turmoil, rampant disinformation, corrupt law enforcement institutions, conspiracy theories and an immoral, demagogic, ignoramus for a leader who is willing to win by any means necessary.
It’s bad. And defeating Donald Trump is just the necessary first step in a long process to put the country back together and move forward. It can be done. But it appears that everything’s going to get worse before it gets better. Hang on.