First of all, would you go out and buy a book with no conflict in it? Of course not.

I really think that it's all about the drama that brings people to their TVs, their newspapers, their websites. The more drama -- the more excitement. The more people come out and read their newspapers, the higher the ratings on TV and the higher the readership for everything else.

For some, it's a neverending soap opera.

Actors? I don't know about that. Actors in the US are typically treated like royalty (unfortunately) so there's a case to be made, but I think even the best actor would fall apart on the international diplomatic stage.

| WHY does the news always complain about how the president doesn't do this shit? This is | | |clearly manipulation of their viewers.

It's about money. It's always about money. Not that this is a bad thing, but in this case, you see the news media on all sides pick up the day's drama and use it to gather people in. Everyone puts their own personal political spin on things and people go check it out.