It speaks volumes that Stephen Colbert, Sam Bee, John Oliver, Trevor Noah, Seth Meyers, Bill Maher and other so-called comedians are doing a much better job of covering the ‘president’ than the actual news.
Keith Olbermann first directs our attention to a chummy moment between Donald Trump and murderous Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, in which a smirking Putin yanks a thumb toward the press and remarks ” These are the ones that insulted you?” In Putin’s Russia – critics, reporters, investigators and journalists are murdered. Problem solved. Although the first amendment protects the free speech of Americans – Trump, the protector of America and free speech – laughs along with Putin.
Why did the media become so ‘fair and balanced’ that blatant liars and know-nothings are given respectful, often unchallenged air time, on an equal basis with reporters with proven sources? In part, the press is playing by its old rules while Trump laughs at those rules.
If the media doesn’t do an about-face – Little Donny will learn why the leader of North Korea and the dictator of Russia see nothing but glowing news about themselves, every day…And he would like that very much!