>> Providing a platform for anyone is tremendously good for democracy. >Umm, is it? Really? Was electing Donald such a great idea? Well, the media certainly ma

>> Providing a platform for anyone is tremendously good for democracy. >Umm, is it? Really? Was electing Donald such a great idea? Well, the media certainly made its deal with the devil. Considering that Trump got elected in a time where actively shaming his viewpoints was the dominant approach in the mainstream media, it seems like your suggested approach is ineffective. There are Trumpian viewpoints, and there are Trumpian-adjacent viewpoints that are more centrist and more extreme. The mainstream media lately is whipped into such a frenzy lately that it can't tell the difference. I listened to an NPR correspondent, a supposedly minimally biased source, call Trump a white supremicist two days ago. When the norm is so obviously skewed, right-leaning folks don't have the opportunity to hear meaningful critical discussion of their own wing- and when this is true, more extreme candidates have the opportunity to win.