Op-Ed: Does the media have a martyr syndrome?

Gary Abernathy thinks members of the press are failing to do their job well during the Trump administration.

He's the publisher and editor of "The Times Gazette of Hillsboro" in Hillsboro, Ohio, and he recently published a Washington Post op-ed titled The Media's Martyr Complex is Embarrassing.

He talked to MPR News host Kerri Miller.

Use the audio player above to hear the full segment.

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