Regarding he story, the author is off regarding one thing: The MSM reporters are MORE THAN willing to go into the sticks when it suits their (i.e., Democrat) agenda. Lots of examples likely, but here are two that immediately come to mind -
1) The “Farm Crisis” when they could claim Reagan/Bush were ignoring Americas family farms.
2) Cindy Sheehan - When they stayed with her in Texas while she was bashing Bush Jr., but then, starting in 2009, claimed that Texas wasn’t part of the United States and that she wasn’t a news story.
ah yes, I remember the farm crisis.
I remember the Jessica Lange movie, “Country”, which dealt with that crisis. Also, “Places in the Heart”, with Sally Field, was another farm movie of the ‘80s.
Leave it to Hollywood to jump in and make a political statement.