With democracy on the ballot, the mainstream press must change its ways

‘The problem is that the mainstream media wants to be seen as non-partisan – and bends over backwards to accomplish this.’ Photograph: Mike Theiler/UPI/Shutterstock

Christiane Amanpour has reported all over the world, so she recognizes a democracy on the brink when she sees one.

Last week, as she celebrated her 40 years at CNN, she issued a challenge to her fellow journalists in the US by describing how she would cover US politics as a foreign correspondent.