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Turns out this is another article about Trump. Now it seems so much press has to twist any possible story and make it about Trump or in this case "Trump's Ameri
by massysett 9y ago
Turns out this is another article about Trump. Now it seems so much press has to twist any possible story and make it about Trump or in this case "Trump's America." It seems WaPo is trying to make up for missing the possibility that Trump would actually win. But this article just underscores how they missed it in the first place: the issue of people not having dental care is not a standalone issue worthy of journalistic attention. Instead, the third paragraph has to say that someone voted for Trump, with a later paragraph saying someone voted for Obama. To WaPo these issues don't exist outside of the lens of presidential politics I guess.
Unfortunately it seems WaPo has merely gone from ignoring some parts of America to simply taking a few safaris there to report on the exotics who voted for Trump and have rotten teeth. WaPo will tire of its safari soon enough and return to its usual class blinders, like reporting about "how hard it is to get into a good college" and then quoting the anxieties of a bunch of upper middle class kids from the Virginia and Maryland suburbs, and somehow it won't be worth mentioning that their parents voted for Clinton.