It inspires at least some confidence in mainstream media (not necessarily the reporting) when a commentary like this can appear in the Washington Post. It sounds like they can at least once in a while follow the advice in the excellent critique linked below.

Thomas Edsall, "Journalism Should Own Its Liberalism And Then Manage It, Challenge It, and Account For It", Columbia Journalism Review, October 8, 2009

http://www.cjr.org/campaign_desk/journalism_should_own_its_libe.php

By the way, I would no sooner vote for Donald Trump than I would pull out one of my teeth with a pair of pliers. This may be the year I write-in vote for Bugs Bunny for president.