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b'The media\\u2019s coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign has come to be criticized for operating under three key assumptions: that Hillary Clinton was certain to be the Democratic nominee, that Donald Trump was unlikely to be the Republican nominee, and that once Clinton and Trump had become their party\\u2019s nominees, she would win.\\n\\nWith voting for 2020 set to begin in Iowa on Monday, \\u201cThe Daily\\u201d sat down with Dean Baquet, the executive editor of The New York Times, to discuss the lessons he \\u2014 and the organization \\u2014 learned from 2016. For more information on today\\u2019s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.\\xa0\\n\\nBackground reading:\\xa0This is our guide to the 2020 election.We\\u2019ve sent reporters to every corner of the country and told them not to make any assumptions in this election cycle. Here are some of the most in-depth stories we\\u2019ve told in an effort to help the country understand itself.As part of a new approach to election coverage, The Times\\u2019s editorial board has re-examined how \\u2014 and why \\u2014 it makes presidential endorsements.'