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The media vs. Donald Trump: why the press feels so free to criticize the Republican nominee
There is a case to be made that the media created Donald Trump. It was, reportedly, his anger at being dismissed by political pundits that led him to run for president in the first place. And it was, arguably, the media’s wall-to-wall coverage of his every utterance that powered his victory in the Republican primary. But slowly, surely, the media has turned on Trump. He still gets wall-to-wall coverage, but that coverage is overwhelmingly negative. Increasingly, the press doesn’t even pretend to treat Trump like a normal candidate...
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The elections are about normal vs abnormal. What a choice, the normalcy of a plutocracy, or the abnormality of a lunocracy.
I'm afraid that's an optimistic view.
Criticize? They have done nothing but glorify the lunatic for the past year.
I think you can't just dismiss Trump criticism as simply the product of liberal media bias. First of all, I'm not truly convinced that it exists to the degree some people say. Making such a claim carries a burden of proof that hasn't been fully satisfied. Yes, each media source will add their own lens or flavor, but they do not all consistently push in the same direction and with the same degree and for the same reasons. They certainly aren't united against Trump in conspiracy as he would have you understand it.
I believe a lot of people and organizations have fundamental disagreements with his proposed policies, his stances, and his alignments. They are extremely polarizing and inciting, and rip up much of the status quo. There is no conspiracy at work when people just honestly disagree with his doom and gloom narrative.