If the media isnt smart enough (and they are not) to know that Trump is playing them, well, I hope their entire industry gets flushed. I havent watched cable TV in over 5 years or paid to go to a movie in over 10 and joyously havent missed any of the things you are talking about.
As for Trump having an advantage because he has parlayed his personal fortune into such a machine as he does not have to rely on taxpayer money or any other political constituency for his platform only confirms that politicians in general are nothing more than oportunistic leaches that want to use my money to screw me.
I have been ignoring every thread I could tell was gonna be explosive rhetoric in either direction and now the recent thread list is polluted with cheating cheaters and National Enquirer based thereads that have become just a s trusted as any on the MSM list!
Passions are running high and stupidity is overwhelming many. I still have to fight back throwing up every time I see Ted Cruz double kiss that girl coming off the bus.
The explosion of newbies and trolls for this upcoming election cycle has been unprecedented. Over the last month I have missed so many ZOTS due to my unwillingness to click on tabloid threads I am currently having to work on my RKBA re-cert.
So couple that with the media and it's still a media run election....it doesn't matter who pays as long as the networks get paid with viewership ratings and advertising fees and/or it comes from the candidates themselves...it's still the “pay off” to media. I haven't watched much of the junk regarding Cruz or Trump in days now.....no reason to it's just mud slinging nonsense......may be purposeful while they all prepare for convention and yet still keeping the TV viewers engaged....Trump prefers the nonsense rather than real issues.