Tuesday, 16 August 2016

The media vs. Donald Trump: why the press feels so free to criticize the Republican nominee

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...
Read more: http://www.vox.com/2016/8/16/12484644/media-donald-trump?source=Snapzu

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