How do you solve a problem like Donald Trump?

The media is struggling to answer that question

Donald Trump
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As Donald Trump has implausibly moved into a tie for first place in the GOP primary, there has been much discussion in media circles about how to treat his candidacy. Most media organizations (including The Week!) have published an inordinate amount of stories about Trump. The Huffington Post, on the other hand, recently announced it would move all coverage of Trump's campaign to the entertainment section.

This sparked a backlash from some reporters, such as The Daily Beast's Olivia Nuzzi, who argued that such a move is an improper delegitimization of the tens of thousands of Trump supporters out there. "[P]olling competitively and being a registered candidate makes him legitimate. End of story," she wrote on Twitter.

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Ryan Cooper

Ryan Cooper is a national correspondent at TheWeek.com. His work has appeared in the Washington Monthly, The New Republic, and the Washington Post.