This presidential race is the low-water mark of American journalism

In his 1961 farewell address, President Dwight Eisenhower famously warned America about the "unwarranted influence" of a "military-industrial complex." Were he speaking today, Ike might be warning about a media-political complex. And for the same reason -- the dangers to democracy and liberty of "the disastrous rise of misplaced power." However it ends, the 2016...