shocked that Trump can dominate the news following a debate in which he didn\u2019t take part<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Uh, that\u2019s because the media is focusing on Trump and the fact that he didn\u2019t take part, rather than the debate itself.\u00a0 <\/p>\nI\u2019m not one to always and only blame the media.\u00a0 But I\u2019d have to have rocks in my head to think that at least part of Trump\u2019s popularity is the direct result of the media giving him more coverage than any candidate I have ever seen in the 36 years I\u2019ve been following politics. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
So the media continues to be shocked that Trump can dominate the news following a debate in which he didn\u2019t take part.\u00a0\u00a0 Uh, that\u2019s because the media is focusing on Trump and the fact that he didn\u2019t take part, rather than the debate itself.\u00a0 I\u2019m not one to always and only blame the media.\u00a0 But […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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