“The only reason Khan gets coverage is because the candidate engages the conversation.”
No the reason Khan gets coverage is because that’s what’s on the media’s playbook that day or week. Much like in football the defense can’t tell the offense what plays it can or can’t run. The media won’t deviate from the playbook.
Trump is playing good defense and taking the play away from them. Notice the retreat by Khan (saying he wants to disengage, scrubbing his web site.
Pence handles it his way and that’s fine but Trump needs to handle it his way.
Yep. And sometimes the offense will pick a play that riffs off a snippet of what the candidate said - the candidate doesn't control that either.
Trump has provided a mountain of material against Hillary. Does the press cover it? Nope. Quelle Surprise.