Back in the day young reporters looked the other way at Clinton scandals. Papers were making money - and they were gatekeepers. That changed with Drudge and it'll never change back. If the 'cattle futures thing' happened today even the suck-ups at the New York Times would cover it.
Not so sure about that. Harry Reid made some corrupt deals, all I hear are crickets. Same with Obama's deals with Rezko. They weren't complicated. Menendez would have skated if he hadn't pissed Obama off. Those things all appear in our alternative media, we read about it, understand that criminal laws were violated, and not a word is uttered in the press nor does the DOJ ever feign an interest. The average LIV out there never has any idea it ever happened, and for all intents and purposes, it never did.