For all the craziness that defines Donald Trump's presidency, it often appears as if political reporters are doing less work than ever. One often gets the impression that they sit by their phones waiting for leaks, and then rush to press with the accusations. What's missing is the traditional effort of ferreting out the leakers' agenda, let alone trying to get both sides of the story. And when such stories are inevitably shown to be inaccurate or, at least, incomplete, no one is held to account because even scandalous accusations are now anonymously sourced. It's a nice little scam.
