
'More reporting:' How journalists should cover threats to democracy
CNN
The media treats some aspects of the first amendment — such as press freedom — as sacred. But when it comes to other crucial parts of it, like free and fair elections and basic tenets of democracy, there tends to be a "sliding scale." On "Reliable Sources" Sunday, host Brian Stelter discussed the changing role of political media — and how the institution needs to do a better job of protecting democracy.
"My main critique is that is that the goalposts have been moved for everything other than the press coverage of press freedoms," Marc Elias, the founder of Democracy Docket, said on "Reliable Sources" Sunday.

Some 2.4 million fewer Americans, including families with children, are forecast to receive food stamps benefits in an average month after Republican lawmakers expanded work requirements to some parents, older enrollees and others as part of President Donald Trump’s agenda law, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Monday.