Hype The Gnats

Again, I suppose the population is going to prove they have the attention span of a gnat.  Back in 2016 it was endless coverage of agent orange.  Every word, every rally, seemingly every tweet was analyzed to death.  

Now we face the same with a select few of candidates on the Dem side.  Buttigieg, Biden, Beto, Bernie seem to be getting all the coverage.  Hell, Biden isn't even in the race.  What about the others with name recognition?  Warren, Harris, Castro are running to, but one would be hard pressed to hear about them from the news.

It's hard to forget that cable stations are in the business of making money.  We tend to believe what we hear and think they're all reporting real news.  It's not the case.  Nothing is more important than the bottom line.

Want to learn about a candidate?  Better find tons of news sources and not depend on one or two.  Otherwise you'll never find out the truth.  Short of going to Iowa or New Hampshire there is very little probability you'll be able to question a candidate directly or even get to shake a hand.  Even with 24 hour news it seems it's becoming increasingly hard to find out what we need to know to be informed voters.
April 17, 2019