I agree with Hillary Clinton on this, that the Press “… careens from one outrage to the next. What was outrageous three days ago is no longer on the front pages, even though it threatens the physical safety of so many people.”
It is not unreasonable for us to hold the Press to a higher standard than they currently have demonstrated. So no, it’s not like asking for a pony.
The remainder of the clip went in a different direction, which is fine, I didn’t expect a 9 minute clip with Hillary to go into a lot of depth on a single topic.
So she never addressed possible solutions to our democracy’s problems with our media. (perhaps in her book, I don’t know. I’m not going to buy it)
My own two cents: I’d would like to see some sense of prioritization on the topics the media focuses on. Well, I suppose they do prioritize. But the priority is what is the most recent, as in what is NEWS.
I want something more nuanced than simply most recent outrage (I feel like there is a computer science metaphor here, but I’ll spare you all). The media could report on what is of the greatest importance. Such as, what has Trump said or done that is the most important to address? Focus on those as “front page”. And fill the inside with fact checks on his lies and then drop the little outrages after they have been fact checked to make room for the new outrages he manufactured every day it seems.
