Mainstream media is playing into Trump’s neo-fascist hands. I’m sticking with democracy and the Guardian

‘Trump is almost as old as Biden, and Trump’s public remarks and posts are becoming ever more unhinged – suggesting that advancing age may be a bigger problem for Trump than for Biden.’ Photograph: Mary Altaffer/AP

The reason I write a column for the Guardian is the same reason I read it daily: I trust it.

Not just the facts it conveys but also its judgment about what to convey – the stories it believes worthy of reporting, and doing it in ways that illuminate what’s really happening.