"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
That's not true. The newspaper and magazine writers watch the Sunday morning talk shows. They then spend the rest of Sunday writing hit pieces (on Republicans) or fluff pieces (on Democrats) which are published on Monday and Tuesday.
This decorated toilet paper is then read by the chattering class, who discuss it on television for the next four days. If it's really juicy they invite the hit / fluff author on tv, which was the reason the article was written to begin with.
By Friday they are running out of material and are picking apart stump speeches, hoping someone made a gaffe. If the chatterers are really lucky, the campaigns have issued 'statements' responding to the articles and that will give them something to chatter about until Sunday.
Wash. Rinse. Repeat.
I do. It's my favorite TV hour of the week.