October 25, 2018
When Donald Trump was running for president, the media gave great
attention to every outrageous utterance he made. They thought that they were
highlighting his unsuitability; all they were really doing was giving him free
air time.
And now that he’s president, they’re still doing it. Everything
he says, from the infamous “There were faults on both sides” remark to his latest—blaming
the media and Fake News for bombs being sent to his detractors—is repeated
loudly and commented on and given way more air time than it deserves. People
are acting like the person making the comments is a responsible citizen, whose
mind they will change by arguing with him.
I’d like to see these pronouncements given all the attention
they deserve—a small paragraph on page 12 (or the online equivalent)—so that
people can stop focusing on them and giving the man the attention he so desperately
craves. All that does is play into the myth that his comments are worth
listening to.
What people should be paying attention to are the assaults on
civil rights, the erosion of environmental protections, and foreign policy, to
name a few things.
Stop playing the game.
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