Superb piece by Rick Perstein, a tiny bit of which is this:
It’s almost like they keep score in editorial offices. Only a certain number of horrifying—which is to say, truthful—things can be allowed in a major publication about our president-elect every day, which then must be balanced by something reassuring. Which is to say, something not true.
You really must read the whole thing. It’s excellent.
Lemkin 