Media Malpractice and the 2016 Presidential election.

The only industry mentioned in the Constitution of the united states is the press.
The First Amendment.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

From the start of this election cycle  the corporate media treated this election as if it was a reality show. Bloomberg TV even did a piece for showtime called "THE CIRCUS". They treated The Donald as a Joke and the Bern as an outsider and not a real candidate until the first Democratic debate.

Anyone in the media who is a real old school journalist will know that there is no bad press. You can make fun of or demean people in the press, but there is no bad press just press. It all creates recognition for whoever the party being covered is. How many of the stuffed suits that call themselves press remember the fairness doctrine or the equal time rule.  Even if this has been destroyed ever since the Ronald Reagan days the media has a real and serious responsibility to give open and fair coverage in issues of governing this country even if it is no longer in the statutes of law.

The media did an almost virtual black out of the Senator Sanders campaign for the first six month, until the first Democratic debate. There after it was covered but from a very slanted point of view in my opinion. Same with Senator Rand Paul. Of course there was about two billion dollars of free coverage for the Donald, our now President elect.  Which goes to show there is not such a thing as bad press.  There was about a one hundred to one ratio of coverage of Trump over Senator Sanders in the early part of the election cycle. The Media would have a picture of the empty podium waiting for the Donald to arrive from somewhere while Bernie was giving some of the most important speeches of the election in front of some of the biggest crowds with no major media coverage. The  twenty year corporate consolidation of media and Concentration of media ownership along with treating the importance of honest open press as, "little more than an opportunity" for increased cash flow has been the major cause of the Trump election.  Les Moonves, the head of CBS, says Donald Trump has led to money “rolling in” this election cycle. The media let division-ism take hold in our country in a fact free environment. A Quote from  Daniel Patrick Moynihan — 'You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.' 

When the media had full information about the theft of the Democratic primary they gave it little or no coverage except for the small or independent media like Link TV, Free speech TV, or PBS  and C-SPAN. But once it was leaked by WIKIleaks it was big time coverage. There was little  or no coverage of  Voter suppression in this election,  no mater if in the primary by democratic party or by the republicans in the general.   Hillary won the Election and Trump the Electoral Collage.  Donald is right that the election is rigged but not the way that he says. No talk about the real problems of Black Box voting. 
Greg Palast the great investigative reporter and author warned of this plan to steal this election long before the vetoing started.

The Worst of the problem in this election was a real lack of coverage of real and very pressing issues, that will effect our country for years and generations to come.  Our election treated like a cult of personality and not the serious amount of thoughtful discussion that an election deserves. No real information on issues so important to the health of our republic and our planet and children as yet unborn.  Issues like Climate, Real and serious talk about the economy and not just more Trickle down BS. Climate change is not a Chinese hoax.When Hillary started talking about how trickle down supply side does not work; Crickets from the media.   Citizens united and BIG Money in this election. Corruption in both DNC and RNC. How about corruption in banking, wall st, and the insurance industry which has just become a branch of the usury banking industry since the end of glass-steagall under Bill Clinton with a lot of help from some republicans. No talk about the need to fully implement a zero carbon electric grid and economy.  Not a thing about the ongoing mess at the Fukushima nuclear reactors.

Senator Bernie Sanders has clearly stated  in his first serious address since the election last week, that We the people the people of the progressive movement will work with Donald on the issues of real import to our country, and shall fight against every form of vile discrimination that was put out in the election cycle. The progressive Movement will fully support the President elect when appropriate. Support the working class and not just a bunch of Wall St fat cats like we have seen running the republicans in the past.

 Be clear that there is plenty of blame to go around. Not just the Media. The DNC stole the primary and nothing from the media. The Demo Leadership better get a clue! The republicans failed to vet the Donald up front when it might have made a difference. The republicans lie almost all the time so when Trump comes in and tells the truth sometimes he make the stuffed suit republicans gang look really stupid. Trump picked up a lot of votes by picking up a lot of Bernie's talking points. I think it was just rhetoric but it worked. We were all played for the fool by both sides. I have not supported a Dem in a long time and would not have if it was not for Bernie.

The fairly unbalanced gang at Fox so called news is just as responsible for Trump as the gang from the so called liberal press pundits like CNN or MSNBC; who gave Trump vast negative press and inflamed the anti establishment sentiment. All this while failing to address any kind of REAL and serious discussion of the most important issues facing us as a country and a people. It is time for every one to accept responsibility for the mess that this election was and do what we can to set the ship of state on an even keel.