Quote Originally Posted by thebigspendur View Post
Just think, if the entire media decided they would never even mention trump ever again. He'd be finished. It's a tall wag the dog situation. The media really has the power to elect the office seeker. Unfortunately the American public has no ability to make critical decisions on their own the do what they are told or based on rumors they hear.
It's true the news media has a huge influence on things.....but a lot of people do get their news from other sources instead of the main stream news media. The internet has a wide variety of ways to influence people. It has it's good points and bad ones. Truths and lies. You have to make the decisions on what you believe or not. Only thing IMO the main stream news media is good for is to report the "happy" stories about someone doing a good deed or such.....which seems to fewer and fewer stories these days.

Even if the news media decided to not to report about Trump or whoever, people would still want to know what is going on with them and will find ways to get information.

The ones who "do as they are told" by news media are no more than sheep in the herd...... Is that what has become of people today?