The media spent so much time building up Donald Trump until they

[mfcorey1]

are having difficulty dealing with the fact that he is being vetted, mostly by print and independent journalist. It is making it almost impossible for them to ignore all of the corruption and craziness they have continued to overlook. Behind the curtain s the real face of the GOP.Their ew party leader fits right in!

[malaise]

1. I was thinking about this after reading USA Editorial Board's clear position

that Don the Con is not fit to be President - I did wonder how print is so clear and not one TV station has condemned this racist fool/idiot.

[bluesbassman]

3. I think they fear reprisal.

The Arizona Republic endorsed HRC and has received a lot of backlash about it, including threats of violence and subscription cancellations. Newspapers in general are a little more used to this sort of negative response than is television. My guess is that in the cutthroat ratings game the TV organizations are scared that they will lose viewership and advertising dollars by exposing Trump for what he is. They'll come around in the end though as they have to maintain some semblance of credibility. Let's just hope it's not too little, too late.

[malaise]

4. Fear is the easiest way to destroy a democracy

Fugg the authoritarian bullies

[bluesbassman]

5. True and the GOP has been trafficking in it for years.

Trump has just ripped the veneer away and has given it a focal point. That a man such as him has risen to national prominence has allowed many in this country to be emboldened in their bigotry and hatred which is all based in fear of a changing society.

Perhaps the silver lining in this is that the election result that I believe will relegate him to the dustbin of history will also bring about some introspection by our citizens as to who we are and how we're going to conduct ourselves moving forward. There are a lot of knuckle draggers out there, but I believe there are more that do not want to be controlled by fear.

[malaise]

6. Well said

They need to be beaten to the point that they are sent to oblivion

[vlyons]

2. The republican party is a vast criminal enterprise, organized

to pay as few taxes as possible, direct as much public taxes as possible into private pockets, and to create unfair self-serving laws to maximum financial benefit.