While “the media” certainly has its issues, it’s more of a convenient scapegoat than the root of the problem. Enough of us have access to all the information we could ever need to know this man was bad news and we decided it wasn’t worth the effort. You can blame the media for not making it easier but ultimately we didn’t do our jobs and become educated voters. That is our collective fault and no one else’s.
This is why news outlets should belong to us, not to billionaires. Jeff Bezos owning the Washington Post, John Henry owning The Boston Globe, Stanley Hubbard owning multiple local news outlets, Lee Enterprises owning 75 local newspapers, these are all HUGE problems.
I don’t get how people don’t understand the role the media should play.
It should simply shine light on the truth and report the facts.
Instead they play politics, and abdicate that duty in favor of shock and schlock pieces.
If the media simply reported on Trump’s policy discussions factually, everyone would have seen this coming, to add to your point.
While “the media” certainly has its issues, it’s more of a convenient scapegoat than the root of the problem. Enough of us have access to all the information we could ever need to know this man was bad news and we decided it wasn’t worth the effort. You can blame the media for not making it easier but ultimately we didn’t do our jobs and become educated voters. That is our collective fault and no one else’s.
Oh it’s a problem, but not THE problem, that is a statement I can agree with
This is why news outlets should belong to us, not to billionaires. Jeff Bezos owning the Washington Post, John Henry owning The Boston Globe, Stanley Hubbard owning multiple local news outlets, Lee Enterprises owning 75 local newspapers, these are all HUGE problems.