At least one way out of the tweet trap and the fact-check trap has emerged, and it came into existence even before the election. This solution lies in covering Trumpism not as news but as a system. Two examples of this approach are the podcasts Trumpcast, which then-head of the Slate Group, Jacob Weisberg, launched in 2016, and Trump, Inc., a joint production of ProPublica and WNYC, the New York Public Radio station. These podcasts treat Trumpism as a phenomenon that is distinct from both our experience and our expectations of politics.
