Beware of the distractions
So many real issues yet we are left with discussing crowd size and vote total legitimacy.
Thom does a good job here breaking down what is wrong and how we got here.
The Corporate Media Isn't Coming Close to Holding Trump Accountable
Increasingly, the media are simply compliant patsies to whoever is in power.
By Thom Hartmann / AlterNet January 24, 2017
One of Donald Trumps first official acts as president was to sign an executive order that will make it more expensive for first-time and low-income homebuyers to buy and keep their homes. His second act was to, among other possible effects, tell the IRS to quit trying to collect the Obamacare tax from people with incomes over a million dollars a year (and begin taking the Affordable Care Act apart in other ways).
But the big media story?
Trump claims the media lied about the size of his inaugural crowds.
Increasingly, it appears that the media are simply compliant patsies to whomever is in power, with a higher commitment to sensationalism than to issues that impact everyday Americans.
MORE:
http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/corporate-media-isnt-coming-close-holding-trump-accountable