We’ve all seen the media ignore too many really important things (like Abercrombie’s open statements published in the Star Advertiser that what Obama has as record of his birth is in the State Archives rather than the Vital Records Office and isn’t likely to convince doubters that he was born in Hawaii) and too many things disappear before our very eyes to actually buy the argument you’re making.
It’s a nice hypothetical argument and might work if we were dealing with an honest media, but we’re actually dealing with a media that received a message that their kids could be killed (or cousins kidnapped...) if they or any of their on-air guests spoke about the eligibility issue.
When the only rule is the rule of the mafia, the standard protocols don’t exist any more.
When the only rule is the rule of the mafia, the standard protocols don’t exist any more.
So much for an "open society." /sarc