Some US media are cheerleading Trump’s Venezuela raid. That’s not their job | Margaret Sullivan

An almost admiring feeling pervaded the early coverage - and not just among right-leaning outlets

If you believe the early public opinion polls, Americans are uncertain about last weekend's raid on Venezuela and the seizure of leader Nicolas Maduro.

But many in the media seem to be trying to move that wavering needle to approval.

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