Trump and the Press

The "mainstream media" failed us in regards to Trump. His face has been on cable news programming most of the 24-hours-a-day time since Obama's second term. During the Republican primaries he was given free publicity, so much that he drowned out the other candidates. Jeb Bush could barely get a word in. How were they supposed to know he would win? you could ask. You couldn't. But you could also think that if the "mainstream media" continues to make strictly financially/ratings-based political coverage decisions we'll continue to get elected officials who do things like attack the freedom of the press.