The only way that Trump is a serious candidate is that he is a serious threat to basic decency.
His lack of understanding of basic policy, foreign and domestic - is concerning. His flippant answers on foreign policy themselves are reason enough for heart palpitations.
But its his utter lack of personal character that is so troubling. The rampant lying. The possible stealing from his charity. The personal attacks. The failed marriages. And more damming his predatory business model on those who are supporting him. His self help books are a joke. Trump University truly destroyed people.
And lets not forget him playing to the worst in people. Playing up conspiracy theories. Supporting the idea the president wasn't born in this country - pure racism. Suggesting Ted Cruz's dad helped kill JFK.
When the devil is in your midst, it damn well better be the media's job to scream fire. If not, who else? The point of the media is to call out rampant lies - its not to present two "opinions."
That's a decent summary indeed.
Maybe the media spends too much time on Trump's daily hijinks, but something they don't spend enough time is his actual scandals and shady behavior. Here we are, on a weekly/daily basis talking about Clinton's emails while Trump defrauding hundreds of people, many out of tens of thousands of dollars, gets comparatively little scrutiny beyond a surge of attention some time ago. Or what about what looks like rather blatant bribes to Attorney Generals to shut down investigations into this fraudulent scheme? How about him using charity funds to pay for personal expenses? These got attention, but again, for comparatively far less time.
And that's not even all of it! Imagine if Hillary did those things. Oh my god, it would be hell on Earth. She would probably have to go into hiding between the rabid reporters and conservative mobs foaming at the mouth hunting her down. But Trump? Meh, run stories for a week or two, then move on.
Media being too hard on Trump? LOL.
