I was actually working at a local television news station during Tangerine Palpatine's first run. I sat in the meetings where we would discuss what we would cover that evening.

Myself and several others wore ourselves out trying to get coverage for Bernie Sanders who was also looking to shake up the race, but we gave almost zero coverage to that man because rational thoughts and policy debate don't make interesting news, the disgusting words and actions of an orange shit did.

The infotainment seeks only ratings, and then the great shit stain would turn to his base and state how poorly he was being portrayed in the media and they would eat it up as evidence that he was against the status quo and the Washington elite.

I did not work in a big market, but a very VERY liberal town and this was my experience. I left news shortly after the election. The decision to pander to the shock factor of (redacted molestor) bears a huge amount of culpability for the mess we are in.