Hammer. Nail.
“Consume enough media and you come to understand that the people manufacturing it are not only hacks, they’re clueless hacks, who like their master in the White House, have absolutely no idea how to solve any of the country’s problems and no interest whatsoever in even bothering to try.
“They are mechanical men [and women] marching to an ideological beat and have no more interest in reality than do the denizens of a mental ward.
“Our economy is on its last legs, our national security is shot and the only reason we’re still running is that the country still has reserves of wealth that haven’t been plundered and the dregs of a counter-terror policy that carried over to these [past] four years.”
And, just like in 2008, the media is doing all it can to once again drag Ophony and his goofy sidekick over the finish line—so much so that even a Democrat notices it. As a recovering journalist of thirty-five years it never fails to amaze me that anyone takes the biased and formulaic news biz seriously. “First draft of history,” my arse.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
“First draft of history” – I purely love that one. But I recall that Ambrose Bierce’s definition of history almost once a week anyway. Works for me.
Sorry, clicked “submit” before time. Here it is:
An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools.
To the extent that history is based on journalism, Bierce’s definition is certainly accurate. Especially the mostly false, mostly unimportant parts.