Many journalists feel that way!

Still, election day nears, so you’re paying more attention than usual to the news media, even if you do hate it. If you’ll indulge a few more paragraphs, I have three points I’d ask you to mull over. First, just as quality food can be found in a strange city if you venture away from the tourist traps and do a bit of searching, exceptional journalism can be found about the candidates in this election, if you seek it out. Don’t let the pizza stand at the train station convince you all the food is bad.

Second, you’re absolutely right to perceive that the vast majority of journalists want Donald Trump to lose this election. That should inform how you read our work. If a news article is well-sourced, or an opinion column is accurate and well-reasoned, don’t dismiss it. Glean facts! But stay alert, just as you would reading a New York sportswriter covering the Boston Red Sox. He’s trying. His bias may lead to an error, or he may be totally on point. Don’t be blind to what he gets wrong or right. If you read carefully and with an open mind, you’ll spot the good stuff.

Third, recognize the way that this year’s endorsements are different.

In theory, the arguments in an endorsement should be judged on their own merits, regardless of where it appears. But people have limited time.

I get the impulse to say, “The Washington Post endorses Hillary Clinton? So what. They would never endorse a Republican.” If part of you thinks that way, know that this year, even if you ignore all the TV people, plus all the print media outlets that always endorse Democrats, you’re still left with a noteworthy phenomena: A whole bunch of people who nearly always support the Republican nominee oppose Donald Trump; and a whole bunch of people who nearly always oppose the Democratic nominee support Hillary Clinton.

This year, there are staunch, lifelong members of the conservative movement—like George Will, Erick Erickson, David French, Jonah Goldberg, and Kevin Williamson—who oppose Trump, against tremendous pressure and contrary to their professional incentives. That seems like reason enough to give their anti-Trump arguments a hearing.

Or consider the editorial board of USA Today, a newspaper with clear business incentives to stay non-partisan, and a long history of doing just that. “In the 34-year history of USA TODAY, the Editorial Board has never taken sides in the presidential race,” it wrote. “We’ve never seen reason to alter our approach. Until now. This year, the choice isn’t between two capable major party nominees who happen to have significant ideological differences. This year, one of the candidates is, by unanimous consensus of the Editorial Board, unfit for the presidency.”

Wow.

Meanwhile, don’t mistakenly assume that all Hillary Clinton’s endorsers always back Democrats. Consider local and regional newspapers. Their employees are not distant scribes who do not understand life in the communities where their readers live.