NOTICE TO COMPLAINERS:
The President Should Not Have to Respond to Every Mainstream Leading News Story
Presidents have a lot of responsibility on their shoulders. I'd like the leader of the so called "free country" in the world to focus on jobs that really matter. On that note, I think in recent history the Presidency has become more of an entertainment spectacle for media to feed on.
President Obama
We saw this with President Obama. Though the majority of mainstream coverage was in a generally positive or at least forgiving light, alternative media was very much anti-'Obama Administration.'
On the mainstream media, Barack Obama was basically an A-List celebrity. While president he had an incredible number of media appearances to such an extent that this video exists where he gives mock responses to mean tweets about him. This video has 51 Million views.
Doesn't the President have better things to do?
President Trump
Now that someone more conservative and elected with an 'R' by their name is in the oval office; it became time for mainstream media to flip and disrespect or at least reject the president at any chance they get. They criticize his statements more than anything you could possibly think of. Nitpicking the trivial and reducing the news cycle to time wasting garbage.
This whole Charlottesville protest and response media coverage is getting my blood boiling. Once again an isolated event that should be limited to the scope of the city and local law enforcement is overblown because it can be played to be divisive, race baiting and a way to align Trump with White Supremacists with no evidence but conjecture.
CNN is being typical CNN with focusing on what the President did, or did not say in the wrong way in response to an event. Acting like the President's job is to be a social critic and to solve the philosophical problems of the entire country through his voicebox alone.
To top it off, look at how rude they are in portraying him over this event:
I think we need to calm down, stop watching mainstream media or anyone who promotes the bickering and drivel of "he said - she said". This is so juvenile, or should we say 'elementary' as CNN used in their above headline?
I want to think for covering the issue of White Supremacy and Violence in relation to these current events so that I don't have to. Too much of this talk is one sided because of our addiction to entertainment and sensationalism; heck that could be a key reason I'm covering this issue is because it's a hot topic at this moment, so why not?
For those not in the know, here is the (as far as I know) original response Trump gave to the violence in North Carolina.
Trump responds to violence in Charlottesville: We condemn violence and bigotry 'on many sides' - from Washington Free Beacon repost of CNN coverage
And here is a news story on the reaction to Trump's comments and the White House's reaction to the reaction.
From {The New York Times: White House Acts to Stem Fallout From Trump’s First Charlottesville Remarks](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/13/us/charlottesville-protests-white-nationalists-trump.html) - Even going so far as to feature prominently as the headline image a man donning a nazi flag.