Quote Originally Posted by allegro View Post
The media gives Trump LOTS of constant attention, good and bad, from the time he entered the Primary until now.

But the reason WHY he gets so much press and attention is $$$$. The media doesn't give people what they don't want; otherwise, people would go elsewhere. If MSNBC spent a few weeks covering Barry Manilow's colonoscopy, complete with polls and diagrams and photos, they'd likely lose 90% of their audience and advertisers. If Fox News covered Paul Ryan's colonoscopy, ditto. It still has to be interesting to the audience.

Trump didn't create this, the media didn't create this; Trump and the media are merely capitalizing on an opportunity.

This isn't chicken and egg, here.

Having a black guy in the White House caused a backlash.
I agree with everything you've said here. The only way things will change in this area is if people stop feeding into it, but that's unlikely to happen in my lifetime. Reality TV is still king because that's what people watch, even if they watch it just to complain about it. That last bit happens a lot more than people admit. How many folks do we all know who will trash a show like the Kardashians but still seem to know everything that goes on with it? Guilty pleasures. REALLY guilty in some cases, heh.