2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Hillary should hold more press conferences. [View all]still_one
(92,061 posts)President Obama is a Muslim, and 29% of all Americans believe that. It is because the MSM have allowed that garbage to go unchallenged. The Kerry Swift Boating is a perfect example of what has been going on for decades. 80% of the coverage was spent to those making the false charges, and much less time was given to the facts.
The school of accepted school of journalism is now the Chuck Todd School of Journalism, "it isn't the media's job to call out lies". He was discussing it in the context of the ACA when he said the following, "It's Not Media's Job To Correct GOP's Obamacare errors"
The media has been doing the same thing with Hillary. Major economic speech from Hillary yesterday, which included tuition free college, is mentioned only as a passing thought. She has been out on the campaign trail meeting with real people
Of course a portion of her time should be done through press conferences, but going out on the trail, and meeting personally with the people is much more important in order to get her known.