Political corruption like this is seen as being so common place here that the media largely ignores it. Also, the US is a BIG place. There are 4 states in the

Political corruption like this is seen as being so common place here that the media largely ignores it. Also, the US is a BIG place. There are 4 states in the US with larger populations than the Netherlands. However, news is generally distributed at the national and local levels (local news stations and national media outlets). Very few people watch local news anymore, so local news tends to be more like Buzzfeed than informative. National news is headed that way as well. Overall though, people aren't interested in stories about corruption. So the politicians get away with it, because stories about OMG EBOLA WILL KILL YOU draw more viewers than yet another political corruption story.