Seriously
My local newspaper, the Fort Bend Herald, is the least amount of stuff you can buy for $.75.
The entire masthead is white men, always has been and always will be. You kinda know you’re in small town, Texas, when one of the choices on a front page poll about Planned Parenthood is “You betcha!”
Today’s editorial takes on an issue that I know you have been concerned about and is certainly something that needs the attention of the 1,000 small town people who read this newspaper.
They lament that Donald Trump is being treated unfairly by the press. It’s not anything the press says. It’s not even the fact that it’s 24/7 Donald Trump on all the news channels. It’s unfair to show pictures of him. Undamnfair.
The media outlets are providing a very particular lense through which to view the story. If the read- er sees a photo of Trump making a goofy face, they’re more likely to go into the story with a negative pre- conception of the story’s content.
And it isn’t run-of-the-mill news outlets that are guilty of this. Reuters and CNN have each published stories in the past week display- ing almost circus-like photos of Trump.
This is no different than Trump commenting on Carly Fiorina’s face …
Man, that’s heavy. On my list of Things You Need to Have a Strong Opinion About, this ranks about … well, it doesn’t rank at all. Let me tell you why: here’s what I want you to do. Go find me a picture on Google of Donald Trump that is not goofy.
Good damn luck.
Meanwhile, are we real sure that making everything Pumpkin Spice is a good idea?
