The American Media are Already Repeating the Mistakes of Pre-Nazi Germany

Media outlets need to correct themselves, before it's too late.

History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes. As democratic institutions buckle under pressure, and authoritarian rhetoric seeps into public discourse, the media – the institution meant to safeguard democracy – often stands at a dangerous crossroads. In the final years of Germany's Weimar Republic, media outlets allowed fascist ideologies to ferme…