It may be that he doesn't understand media hype.
Media is in the business of dressing up every news item to grab the attention of a maximum number of viewers.
The electronic media in particular, is in the business of selling mouthwash, super-absorbent diapers and hair club products for men. Their aim is to hold the viewer's attention long enough to imprint these ad images in as many viewers' brains as possible and provoke them to rush right out and buy things. This is not an easy task.
Think news. It begins with the local burnings, killings and crack-ups. When they run out of those, they move on to the manufactured news--the antics of aggressive activist mobs for the sexually indeterminate, the Black Lives Matter, the irretrievably P.O'd feminists, the latest aboriginal demands complete with much thumping and stomping, and such.
When those run out, they move on to political no-nos--things Trump and Clinton had better not be caught doing.
Finally, when they've exhausted all of the above, they begin interviewing the mothers of kids that have gone astray and got themselves killed. The more tears, the better. When an innocent bystander gets shot on bad news days, she may be elevated to sainthood by the media faster than Mother Theresa.
For these and other nightmare scenarios, smart viewers will have an alternate channel dialed in for quick switch and their thumb poised at the ready. I recommend channels 265 and 284 for quick change. If you're a history buff, Channel 631 is a good bet.
On the really bad news days, they proceed to canonize cops who were killed in the performance of their duties. Everybody becomes a hero.
Since it is impossible to have nothing but newsworthy events all the time, Trump has to accept the fact that he can get targeted for the smallest social infractions, and he's had some whoppers. Clinton somehow escapes the same microscopic scrutiny.
Sun columnist Thomas Sowell summed up the US presidential campaign brilliantly when he suggested that only Hillary can get Trump elected.
Think news. It begins with the local burnings, killings and crack-ups. When they run out of those, they move on to the manufactured news--the antics of aggressive activist mobs for the sexually indeterminate, the Black Lives Matter, the irretrievably P.O'd feminists, the latest aboriginal demands complete with much thumping and stomping, and such.
When those run out, they move on to political no-nos--things Trump and Clinton had better not be caught doing.
Finally, when they've exhausted all of the above, they begin interviewing the mothers of kids that have gone astray and got themselves killed. The more tears, the better. When an innocent bystander gets shot on bad news days, she may be elevated to sainthood by the media faster than Mother Theresa.
For these and other nightmare scenarios, smart viewers will have an alternate channel dialed in for quick switch and their thumb poised at the ready. I recommend channels 265 and 284 for quick change. If you're a history buff, Channel 631 is a good bet.
On the really bad news days, they proceed to canonize cops who were killed in the performance of their duties. Everybody becomes a hero.
Since it is impossible to have nothing but newsworthy events all the time, Trump has to accept the fact that he can get targeted for the smallest social infractions, and he's had some whoppers. Clinton somehow escapes the same microscopic scrutiny.
Sun columnist Thomas Sowell summed up the US presidential campaign brilliantly when he suggested that only Hillary can get Trump elected.
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