I've thought for a long time about the pithiest way to describe NPR's ever-more peculiar neutrality towards Trumpism.

Moral nihilism, both-siderism, etc.

I concocted my new favorite this weekend and the below tweet provides a perfect opportunity to roll it out: moral deadpan.

I came up with this because I was wondering 'what would it take to shake their Vulcan-like dedication to demonstrating priestly objectivity, refusing to judge any group?'

I don't do this simply because I hate Trumpism the way smart Germans must have hated the rise of Hitler, although that's reason enough.

Trumpism is objectively, proudly trollish, angry. cultish, racist, xenophobic, corrupt, anti-science, anti-environment, anti-truth, etc.

But on top of my deep moral disgust at Trumpism I am profoundly concerned by the impotence of the 'Fourth Estate,' the news media, to rid ourselves of it.

Ideally the media, via their 1st Amendment rights, would act as our nation's intellectual immune system.