Investigative Reporters and Donald Trump: the 9 Best Articles
Introduction: Why we need reporters to investigate Trump
Typically, voters judge a candidate on three scales:
- character or public image. Do we like this person, identify with him or her, and trust this candidate to understand our lives and our problems?
- philosophy or policy. Do we agree with what the candidate proposes to do? Do we trust his or her overall approach to governing, so that we have confidence in the candidate to handle problems we can’t foresee?
- record in public office. Does he or she have a voting record in Congress that matches that professed philosophy and those policy proposals? Or experience running a state, a cabinet department, or a major city that demonstrates basic competence, expertise in major policy areas, or an understanding of how government works?
Occasionally a candidate passes these tests in some non-standard way. Dwight Eisenhower, for example, had never been elected to anything before…
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