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Old 12-21-2016, 10:59 AM
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And old legal aphorism states that 'hard cases make bad law.' It means that cases way outside the norm lead one to stretch or break the principles that serve well normally.

Apply to the case of journalism and Donald Trump.

Normally, when a candidate grossly insults a strong minority group, the newspapers would say "Look what Donald Trump just said about Mexicans," and that would be the end of Donald Trump.

That's not how it went this year. Repeat 40 times or so, and the journalists finally catch on that the 'normal' journalism is just feeding the beast. The journalists feel used, among other things. They become self-critical and cast about for the right thing to do in a very unusual situation.

One thing they do is provided fodder for you. That doesn't make the news false, and you have actually just put up yet another FAKE ARGUMENT.
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