Mediagazer: Four examples of how Trump coverage is flawed, including a thinly sourced NYT report on Rick Perry and a WaPo headline mocking Sonny Perdue's religion (Mollie Hemingway/The Federalist)

3:50 PM ET, January 19, 2017

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Four examples of how Trump coverage is flawed, including a thinly sourced NYT report on Rick Perry and a WaPo headline mocking Sonny Perdue's religion — One may have hoped that the media would respond to their 2016 failures and resulting lack of credibility by reforming.

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:

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