... that what has been revealed about Trump and his history is never covered - nor even broached - by the MSM. So for many people, those facts simply don't exist.
I am sure that the average Trump supporter has never done a minute's research into his background. They have seen Hillary scrutinized by the media for decades now; her every statement, her every action, her every decision has been dissected - often to her detriment, along with endless speculation about what she may have done "wrong", with few facts to support it.
The voter who relies on the media for news honestly believes that if Trump said or did anything untoward, the media would be all over it - in the same way they were all over HRC about everything from Whitewater to Benghazi to her email server. They assume that because the MSM never brings such scrutiny to bear when it comes to Trump, there must be no "there" there.
I have seen Trump supporters discuss this online. They are convinced that Trump is honest and straightforward, because if he wasn't, they'd have heard about it on "the news". The absence of such scrutiny has convinced them that anything they've read/heard about Trump's dishonesty, bad-faith business dealings, etc., must simply be rumours that have no basis in fact because if they did, they'd be all over the media.
The fact that the MSM has steered clear of Trump's true history, and have treated him as a serious candidate who is somehow equivalent to HRC on every level, has created a completely false image of Donald Trump - and those who support him have been assured by the media that both candidates are of equal standing in every regard.
The fault here lies with the MSM. They want - nay, they need a horse-race. Were they to tell the truth about Trump, there would be no horse-race. And you don't keep asses on the couch tuned-in between now and November by broadcasting the obvious differences between the two candidates. It is all important to keep the "anyone can win this thing" narrative going - a narrative that would fall flat on its face if Trump's past were as closely scrutinized, investigated, and discussed 24/7 as is Hillary's.
The MSM is comprised of shills who are far more interested in their ratings/readership than they are in telling the truth.
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