Eric Boehlert: Trump's crowning disgrace -- how the media enabled four years of terror

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2. What if they'd denied him more than a billion dollars in free air time in 2016?

What if they'd pounded him on his tax returns, his debts, his ties to Russia and the mob? His family's various criminal enterprises? His many lawsuits? The charge that he raped his first wife, not to mention the twenty some odd other credible instances of his sexual predation?

What if they hadn't obsessed on Hillary's e-mails?

What if they'd followed up on his various absurd and obscene behaviors and opinions, from the Access Hollywood tape to claiming that Ted Cruz's father assassinated JFK?

Our "news" media are far more interested in entertainment than reporting. What is it the then head of CBS said? "He may be bad for the country, but he's great for CBS" or words to that effect?

Journalism in this country is a hollowed out husk, thanks to corporate conglomeration and buyouts of outlets all across the country.