Thank Goodness “The
Donald” Passed on the Olympics (whew boy)
(Next Event: How to Lose an Election Without Even Trying)
What is their destiny??
What follows is an absolutely great analysis of Hillary Clinton vis-à-vis
Donald Trump and the media attention span towards each of them from here (Media Matters.org)…
A must read at least for
rational-thinking persons, most of whom drink at this trough of enlightenment,
right? (Smile). The lead from the article
starts next:
“Like cigarette smokers who
have admitted they have a nicotine problem but can’t stop puffing, can
journalists who have already admitted they
use a weaker standard to
score Republican nominee Donald Trump make a clean break while grading the
Republican’s debate performance next week?
“By all indications,
reporters know using the double standard is wrong, and that it’s not
okay to demand Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton regularly clear higher
hurdles than her opponent. They know adopting different standards to grade
presidential candidates disregards rules of campaign fair play for the press.
“Yet even though the double
standard has been widely acknowledged in recent weeks, there’s still a
likelihood it will be employed for debate analysis. That’s how strong
the allure seems to be.
“Already we’re hearing
rumblings that Clinton has more to lose at the debate, and that if Trump
manages to not insult large portions of the electorate, the event will
represent a victory for him. What’s doubly concerning is that Trump already
appears to be actively trying to intimidate the
debate moderators in hopes they’ll go easy on him. (e.g., according to network news executives, moderators
Lester Holt from NBC and Fox’s Chris Wallace were chosen to appease Trump). (I also
note: That plus all his rigging charges and weak theories).
“If Trump bullies the
moderators and the press uses a weaker standard to grade him, then
the debates are no longer fair campaign fights because a media-sanctioned victory
for Clinton will be that much harder to obtain.
“He won't have to win policy
arguments or outshine Clinton's qualifications – anyone who's been watching
this race will already know he can't do either,” noted U. S. News & World Report contributor Cary Gibson, who wrote that Trump is “Generally held to a lower
bar than Clinton and this dynamic is likely to prevail during the debates. But
if he makes it through the debates with no major gaffes and his composure
intact, his performance could get high marks anyway.”
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