Journalists astonished at the result — and believe me, most are stunned by what has unfolded — find themselves confronted by some form of this question: Are the media to blame for Donald Trump?
Or as Politico media critic Jack Shafer put it: Did the media create Trump? His answer: a resounding no. Actually, Shafer liked it so much he wrote it twice.
Capital New York co-founder and co-editor Tom McGeveran tweeted early Wednesday morning that "there are significant factual hills to climb for those who believe the news media created the Trump candidacy. But, nevermind!"
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Don't usually watch SNL, but turned TV on and it was on that station. It is interesting that they are doing less than flattering skits about Hillary Clinton. SNL didn't have a negative skit about Obama during either election cycle. Hmmm.
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