@jimc91 wrote:The media is determined to prove that Donald Trump is unfit to be president.
My first reaction to the anonymous anti-Trump op-ed in the New York Times was perhaps unusual for a resident of the swamp, which has been so hyper this week: I chuckled, rolled my eyes, and didn’t even make it to the end of the article before losing interest.
It probably helps that I spent the week in Colorado and Utah, where seemingly no one cares. In the conversations in which I have participated or overheard, this subject has come up zero times. Muted televisions in airports and hotel lounges, which still carry CNN and its angry commentators out of habit, are blissfully ignored as life happens.
Most people outside the swamp either know what the media is up to or just don’t care anymore.
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And while the New York Times op-ed was a nice try by the media, they must on some level, deep down, grasp the new reality: no one hears their screams.
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-trumps-record-trumps-medias-spin-30757
@jimc91 The author has squarely hit the nail on the head. At least from where I sit, work and play. Out here in the west, we are busy making hay while the sun doth shine, for this booming economy has us reaping the benefits of the Trump administration. We know firsthand how spun is the mainstream news. And for the most part we are ignoring it. (That is when we aren't snickering at it.) Of course I don't travel with paid dissenters, either, so others here may have a different take.
