In other words, Trump isn’t — despite what 300-plus newspaper editorial boards would have us think — a root cause of American crisis. He is a symptom of preexisting conditions. This is important. Because if we delude ourselves into thinking that getting rid of Trump will fix what ails us, things will only get worse.
Running down the list of what offends people about Trump, there is nothing here we haven’t seen before — and ignored when other presidents did them.--TR
Ted Rall cuts to the bone here about corporate media's state of agony over being dissed by DJT. If corporate media actually served a purpose other than collecting billions and billions of advertising dollars and giving platforms to corrupted/insider Washington hacks like George Will, David Brooks and E.J. Dionne, all of CNN and MSNBC (you Rachel), NPR and a crew of other nonsensical voices, I'd be worried as well--but they don't, and I'm not.
On the other hand, when the Washington Post colludes with PropOrNot to silence the voices of disagreeable, independent journalists--Julian Assange among many others for instance--I do see the problem with verbal attacks on a free press. It's just tough to say who's actually leading the most dangerous attacks if not the corporate hooligans themselves.
And it is at that pinnacle of shame, when FOX begins to howl, that the charade is in full bloom--Hannity and Maddow in an ideological cage fight that will have no winner.
Ignorance marches on, but here's some more common sense.
Finally, and powerfully, here is Paul Street's opus on the media from the weekend.
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