Trump Excuses the White Working Class From the Politics of Personal Responsibility

Agreed. If we stuck to media just giving us the news in a who-what-when-where- format, and let us figure out the "why", many would be out of a job. Think for a moment about all the talking heads, pundits, "experts", and what I call "noise generators" that are on TV, radio, print media, net blogs and so on. Now, imagine the impact they have in shaping public opinion. I think it's an overall negative because they are often wrong but still exploit the dependence of low-info viewers on them to reach their conclusions. If you doubt it then just change the channel and be amazed that another outlet conveys the directly opposite view. They can't both be right, so the truth lies somewhere between. Folks need to wean themselves from much of the disinformation and actually ferret out the truth for a change. We would all be better informed and more responsible in our political views if we did. PE Trump is not even in office, yet many on one side are already condemning him. I agree with you that we just need to chill out and give him a chance, whether we fundamentally agree with him or not, because we have already seen what the division of past years has brought to us and we are in dire need of change. Thanks for the share and best wishes.