If The Media Did Its Job Trump Would Be Totally Destroyed By Now.

[TheMastersNemesis]

If the media did its job Trump would have ended his campaign already because he would be in the 20 percentile or worse. And the GOP would be in the toilet and flushed away like the turd they are.

Day by day it is obvious that THIS GOP has to be terminated. They will destroy what they have not destroyed already. They will not rest until this democracy is as dead as its founders. If they really had the power only Republicans would legally vote.

[dhol82]

1. There's not enough money in just reporting the truth.

[TheMastersNemesis]

3. The MSM Is A Complete Disaster. It Must Be Broken Up And Reformed.

We must return to the pre Reagan policies with the media. And the Sherman must be enforced. Break Pharma, the health insurance, companies and other too large corporations.

[dhol82]

4. Agreed.

[Johonny]

15. Pretty much. The amount of time Trump spin doctors get on the "news" is amazing

given nearly everything they say is an easily proven lie.

[TheDebbieDee]

2. If the media had done it's job, Trump would never have survived the primaries...

[BlueCaliDem]

5. Exactly! eom

[ProudProgressiveNow]

10. +1 nt

[gratuitous]

6. Les Moonves of CBS said covering Trump was just too profitable

The popular media couldn't possibly render any analysis or subject such a rich vein of guaranteed ratings to any scrutiny. Trump had to be given pass after pass because of way the money rolled in, rolled in, My God how the money rolled in.

[NobodyHere]

7. What do you want the media to do that it hasn't done?

[Boomerproud]

8. Their job. Take the words "Public Trust" seriously.

All they see is $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$.

[NobodyHere]

9. That doesn't really answer the question

[kentuck]

11. Where they went wrong, in my opinion...

...was when they portrayed both candidates as dishonest and untrustworthy. This was a terrible message to send to the voters.

Also, when the vulgarian started calling people liars and such, they should have been the referee and questioned him about it and not permitted him to continue it debate after debate. He coarsened our political system and the media let him do it.

[dumbcat]

12. So which one

should they have lied about?

Where they went wrong, in my opinion...was when they portrayed both candidates as dishonest and untrustworthy.

[kentuck]

13. Well, at first...

37% thought Hillary was not honest or trustworthy while 57% thought Trump not honest or trustworthy. Never a day went by where they did not emphasize this. Eventually, Hillary caught and passed Trump in this area.

At the same time, Politifact was reporting that Hillary "did not tell the truth" 26% of the time but Trump "did not tell the truth" a whopping 71% of the time! (Bernie Sanders was found to "not tell the truth" 27% of the time, more than Hillary Clinton.

Obviously, both of these reports cannot be true. But the media never clarified the distinction.

So, this was allowed to fester day after day as she was compared to the pathological liar, Donald Trump.

[JI7]

14. that could be said about many things. remember Bush ?

[Skittles]

16. if the media had done its job, Trump would never have been nominated