AsGryffynn said:
The media is doing a bad job, but not for the reasons you think. Normally, they should help defuse tensions, not polarize everything even more. When they do, they drive people from one side to the other. Rule of thumb seems to be the GOP is a bad party, and so far, Donald Trump hasn't done anything most Republican politicians haven't tried their luck at besides being more open... |
The media's job is not to defuse tensions. They're not diplomats. Their job is to report what's happening. And if shit hits the fan and things start to escalate it's their job to report that too. Which is what they don't do right now because they focus on trite shit, which actually takes focus away from escalating issues.
It's the media's job to put appropriate weight on topics and not treat criminal investigations into politicians with the same weight of a Kardashian breaking a finger nail or a president getting an extra scoop of ice.
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