the biggest journalistic failure in U.S. history was the total institutional unwillingness to clearly communicate to the public that this guy operates at a third grade reading level and genuinely has no idea how anything works
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He thinks a trade deficit is like your checking account being overdrawn
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"Nobody knew healthcare could be so complicated!"
When transfer rates were about 50% and someone connected got him the admission interview.
High information voters -- that is, people who read/listen/watch anything resembling journalism already knew.
Low info voters don't like academic, urban, beltway elites and them saying "3rd grade comprehension" makes them love him more.
Death of expertise.
Do you honestly think that if the mainstream media had run lots more stories about Trump's mental deficiencies, it would have make people otherwise inclined to vote for him to go "hmm, maybe it's a bad idea to vote for an ignoramus?"
First of all, to imply that the mainstream media ignored the issue is just ridiculous. Both traditional and non-traditional media ran many stories of Trump's ignorance. He's been saying ridiculous ignorant shit for decades.
The issue isn't that the mainstream media failed. It's that a giant proportion of the population HAS NO EXPOSURE TO THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.
A majority knew all about his degenerate character and voted for him anyway.
Why didn’t PBS do it remains a mystery
Pig Vomit donnie is no more than a highly accomplished conman, nothing more.
Dogshit has a better overall feel for macro economics that Pig Vomit donnie.
Democrats chose Trump over Bernie, and chose genocide over justice.
Don't blame voters; Democrats are 100% responsible for Trump.
Perhaps the biggest failure is that a high percentage of the American public "operates at a third grade reading level and genuinely has no idea how anything works"
We live in a country full of very stupid, uncurious, sheep.
panicked now??
No one can provide any argument that he is not:
A Russian agent
A sexual predator
Has dementia
A racist
A narcissist
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