Federalism and states’ rights are no longer racist “dog whistles,” but essential antidotes to a domineering central government.Īnd yet, while the media clang their alarms about how Donald Trump is supposedly turning America into a fascist dictatorship, they largely neglect the fact that democracy really is dying in other parts of the world. Suddenly, executive power must be constrained again. It’s more important than ever.” With the election of a Republican president, the media have rediscovered constitutional government. “Democracy dies in darkness,” warns the Washington Post the New York Times intones, “Truth. We thought it would be a good, concise value statement that conveys who we are to the many millions of readers who have come to us for the first time over the last year,” Coratti wrote.Mainstream media in the Trump era have fashioned themselves as tribunes of the people and arbiters of truth. “This is actually something we’ve said internally for a long time in speaking about our mission. And I think The Washington Post has a seat, an important seat, to do that because we happen to be located here in the capital city of the United States of America,” he said.Ī spokeswoman for the paper, Kris Coratti, said in an email that the paper began using the slogan last week with the launch of its new channel on Snapchat Discover. “I think a lot of us believe this, that democracy dies in darkness, that certain institutions have a very important role in making sure that there is light.
They were not, however, in a similar place in the paper’s print edition on Wednesday.Ī founder and CEO Jeff Bezos used the phrase in an interview last year when asked to explain why he purchased the paper in 2013. WASHINGTON: The Washington Post is featuring a new motto on the paper’s website: “Democracy Dies in Darkness.” The words now appear underneath the name of the paper on its website.
The Post is featuring a new motto on the paper’s website “Democracy Dies in Darkness.”-AP The Washington Post website is seen on Wednesday.
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