I think the media sincerely doesn't get it right.

They give too much credance to being legitimate while it isn't the facts the press wants to cover, it's the spectical. The tabloids have been in business a long time and most still have a readership, while great newspapers are bought by billionaires and toyed with for ratings to bump up the sales of merchandise. The news has become a sincere extention of entertainment.

May 5, 2016

By David Folkenflik

So here we are. (click here) Noisily embraced by the plurality of Republican voters, not-so-quietly reviled by most Republican leaders, Donald Trump is all but assured that party's presidential nomination.

Journalists astonished at the result — and believe me, most are stunned by what has unfolded — find themselves confronted by some form of this question: Are the media to blame for Donald Trump?

Or, as Politico media critic Jack Shafer put it: Did the media create Trump? His answer: a resounding no. Actually, Shafer liked it so much he wrote it twice.

Capital New York co-founder and co-editor Tom McGeveran tweeted early Wednesday morning that "there are significant factual hills to climb for those who believe the news media created the Trump candidacy. But, nevermind!"...