BLINDED TRIALS: Should a Free Press Ever Be Self-Limiting? Open Thread

“That’s the dilemma for the press. In any previous election, if the Republican presidential front-runner had threatened a rival’s spouse, journalists wouldn’t have had to think twice about covering the incident. They would have known that highlighting such crass behavior would force the candidate to pay an appropriate price. They would have felt — quite rightly — that they were fulfilling an obligation to inform the electorate, which, being composed of sensible and decent people, would react with disgust.

From: Should a Free Press Ever Be Self-Limiting? Open Thread – Blinded Trials II