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Maureen Dowd: Now it’s the left that’s mad when journalists do their job

Liberals have had to relearn the lesson that reporters don’t — or shouldn’t — suit up for the blue team.

(Anna Moneymaker | The New York Times) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), right, speaks to reporters before a luncheon with other Senate Republicans in Washington, on Thursday, July 23, 2020. "The role of the press in a functioning democracy is as watchdog, not partisan attack dog. Politicians have plenty of people spinning for them. They don’t need the press doing that, too," writes New York Times opinion columnist Maureen Dowd.

(Anna Moneymaker | The New York Times) Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), right, speaks to reporters before a luncheon with other Senate Republicans in Washington, on Thursday, July 23, 2020. "The role of the press in a functioning democracy is as watchdog, not partisan attack dog. Politicians have plenty of people spinning for them. They don’t need the press doing that, too," writes New York Times opinion columnist Maureen Dowd.

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By Maureen Dowd | The New York Times