The New York Times?

Read about how the Spanish American War got started and what role the media played in it.

Read about Puerto Rico.

None of this is new. What is new is how far the media elite have tried to take it this time. They dropped all semblance of objectivity out of fear that Trump would become some kind of despot. Or was the real fear that unconscionable crimes would be exposed? What would the people do if they found out their elites enjoyed having sex with children, for example?

I suspect the "point to a worse medium" request was for a medium today, not the 1890s.

It is diagnostic, however. The point is that the mass media is a player in the game, not the "4th Estate" or whatever high-minded bs they say they are. There is zero objectivity.