Why is much of the media ignoring questions about Trump’s health? | Margaret Sullivan

Most of the mainstream media is overly cautious in approaching the fair topic of the president's health

Prestigious news organizations gave scant attention when, for several days recently, Donald Trump faded from public view. Other than some social media posts and some blurry golf-course images, the normally ubiquitous president seemed almost to disappear.

But most of Big Journalism gave that subject a pass.

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture