Reich writes: "I continue to be amazed and appalled at how the major media make news out of what the major media are doing. Today, for example, the Washington Post ran a story about how Donald Trump continues to steal the limelight in major media - media like the Washington Post."
Robert Reich. (photo: Perian Flaherty)
25 December 15
continue to be amazed and appalled at how the major media make news out of what the major media are doing.
Today, for example, the Washington Post ran a story about how Donald Trump continues to steal the limelight in major media – media like the Washington Post. “The day after the Democratic debate, much of the attention shifted to a candidate who wasn’t on the stage: the boisterous Republican front-runner, Donald Trump.”
Wait a moment. Whose attention shifted, exactly? The attention of major media like the Washington Post. According to this same article, such a shift in attention, “underscored Trump’s improbable and persistent dominance in the presidential race.”
It's a complete tautology. Attention shifts to Trump and he remains dominant because the major media report on him far more than they report on anyone else. And they incessantly report on him because he’s bombastic, puerile, and egomaniacal, and will say just about anything to get the media to report on him.
What do you think?
