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Originally Posted by Regorium
Totally agree here.
The MSM needs to stop focusing so much on Russia and conspiracies and coverups. All that drama plays directly into Trump's brand of politics.
Focus on policies, where Trump has A) No experience. B) Awful advisors. C) Terrible results.
There's only so many times Trump can say he can offer the bigliest health care without any results, or having people lose their coverage before they turn on him.
I'm totally sick of all the "conspiracy" crap. I want to see more of his policies like tax reform and actual foreign policy rather than BREAKING NEWS about Sessions and Comey.
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The "MSM" has no obligation to focus on any one story over another other than that story's ability to drive viewers and readers to watch their programs and read their newspapers.
It is Democratic politicians and staffers who should be driving the policy conversation, taking the opportunity to do so when brought on television, asked for quotes, or put on the radio.
It is also difficult for the media to cover Trump's policies when he essentially has no policies. He's running a skeleton crew, signing whatever Congress passes, tweeting, and golfing. There's nothing in there to make people want to look at your newspaper. The Russia story clearly drives viewership, therefore the media organizations owe it to their shareholders to pursue that story.
If you think the media has a "higher" obligation, then your beef is with capitalism and the ability for media outlets to be for-profit, publicly-traded or privately-held enterprises.