Well, they are finally trying. Here they are trying. Here's the latest attempt at trying.

The elements of the news media that have been accused of sane washing Donald Trump know that they are

guilty of exactly that and now some of them like the New York Times they really

really are trying to do something about it.

But this is their first try.

So it's not perfect.

The New York Times first try was published tonight

under the headline,

as debate looms, Trump is now the one

facing questions about age and capacity

with a sub headline reading.

His rambling, sometimes incoherent public statements,

have stirred concern among voters.

The Times article does not use the term sane washing, which describes the way some in the

news media edit Donald Trump's crazy statements down to a shape

that allows them to then try to make sense of them.

But the article does offer the New York Times own confession about doing exactly that.

Here is the New York Times confession in writing tonight in this article.

Often his mangled statements are summarized in news accounts in ways that do not give the

full picture of how baffling they can be.

The New York Times has done that.

Every single day, the New York Times

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