The pay-per-view...er..."news media" is well aware of this...and they LOVE IT. Another solid 2 week block of thoughtless, depthless, mindless "news coverage" pre-built and ready to heat and serve.

WE once had giants in news - Cronkite, Wallace, Brinkley, Murrow. We now have gnats and ankle biters and wastes of oxygen with precious few exceptions left. The majority of coverage is despicable tripe or worthless tribal talking past points.

This manufactured situation is intentional and worse yet completely unsurprising any more.