Did Journalists Fall Into Trump's Trap Again?

[DonViejo]

November 1, 2018 at 7:29 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

CNN: “For the first half of the month, there was little news coverage of the Central American migrants traveling through Mexico en route to the United States border. Then, on October 16, came the tweets.”

“And with that, just as he has done so often throughout his presidency, Trump commandeered the news cycle, transforming a peripheral story into one that has dominated the run-up to this year’s midterm elections.”

“But the national debate is not limited to whether thousands of migrants should be granted asylum, or whether Trump should deploy troops to the border, or whether he has the right to undo the 14th Amendment by executive order. The story has spawned another intense debate, one limited mostly to journalistic circles, over how — or how much — the press should cover a story that seemingly came out of nowhere and has created widespread misunderstanding.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2018/11/01/did-journalists-fall-into-trumps-trap-again/

[kentuck]

1. In other words...

confusion?

[2naSalit]

2. Sure seems like

most of them fell for it.

[randr]

3. Journalism is supposed to answer who, what, where, and why

Questions never posed to the lsos.

[Polly Hennessey]

4. Fall into the trap again?

They seem incapable of crawling out of the trap-hole at all. Occasionally, they will get close but never quite make it and slide back down.

[uponit7771]

5. +1, They spend too much air time on peripheral subjects that he brings up instead of sticking to ...

... what the electorate wants to hear.

[Demovictory9]

6. yeah.. he wants health care off the news, we aren't talking about Khasshoggi anymore

we aren't talking about trumps tax cheating, how he lied about this business start, how he is Puntin's slave