Can we stop blaming the media for Donald Trump? Nope. Not at all.

[Commentary] My Washington Post colleague Chris Cillizza asked, “Can we please stop blaming the media for Donald Trump?” His view is that we shouldn’t blame the media. This is diametrically opposite to my view of the media’s role in Trump’s surge and also that of Ben Carson. Chris didn’t discuss the evidence I’ve mustered, and instead offered a different theory. Naturally, I am going to agreeably, but completely, disagree.

[John Sides is an Associate Professor of Political Science at George Washington University]