I don’t ever remember it being this pervasive and constant
“I dont ever remember it being this pervasive and constant”
That is because President Trump is actually doing what he said he was going to do. In the eyes of Washington that is a no-no.
There was no cable news in Reagans first term
ABC CBS NBC. and the news was just at night for a half hour
maybe an hour I cannot remember
It is 24 hours a day now
That's a function of the press coverage. Add in the press as a "voice calling for impeachment," where it used to stifle the urge to participate so openly. Many people, if not most, conflate "frequency of reporting" with "frequency of occurrence." See Summer of the Shark.