Media did not drop the ball. It turns out that they were paid , thru USAID, to report things the way government wanted them to.
This is how the Democrats control America.
I agree. The Media agrees to be bought. Once that happens, you realize they can never again be the provider of independent news, ever again.
I already didn’t trust them from their liberal slants for decades, but at least you thought they weren’t being paid by the government to be hard core liberals.
Really, the MSM can never be trusted, ever again.
I see it as a “perfect storm.”
There are issues where both parties, political and economic interests, US and EU interests coincide.
On such issues, you get an avalanche and the media goes lock step along with it.
Ukraine, at least initially, was another example of this.
If only just ONE lefty media personality would SHOW US THEIR CIA BADGE, because you KNOW they have them!