The integrity of elections is not possible with very low integrity in all three branches of government, including state governments.
Super-low integrity in the mass media just makes it that much worse.
I do not see how this can be fixed with the current cast of characters.
It is like trying to play an honest World Series with the Black Sox roster.
Exactly,
Wheres Lucy and
The Football?
One of the big eye openers to me was how lame and gutless the GOP state legislatures are. They are just like the DMV, or the school board. Kind of scared clerks. Too bad every state legislator wasn’t. . .Steve Bannon.
Or think of our county health directors—many of whom after March 2000 had to quit their jobs or cower and follow others in other counties or the state when they just couldn’t step up to the hard work ahead. Just didn’t step up. Disappointing.