Our Addiction to Trump
5/13/18
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by Nicholas Kristof,
from The New York Times,
5/5/18:
We in the commentariat complain about President Trump, but we’re locked in a symbiotic relationship with him.
News organizations, especially cable television channels, feed off Trump — like oxpeckers on a rhino’s back — for he is part of our business model in 2018. As long as our focus is on Trump, audiences follow.
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