The Media’s Role In The 2016 Circus (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

Has the media made this year’s presidential campaign cycle a zoo? A circus? President Obama seemed to say as much this week, calling out an obsession with “sideshows and carnival barkers.” Saying candidates aren’t being held accountable for unworkable plans. But did the media really make Donald Trump? Bury Bernie Sanders? Hold back Hillary? Crown Cruz? Unleash the craziness of name-calling and fisticuffs? This hour On Point, the media and the like-no-other-we-can-remember 2016 campaign. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://onpoint.wbur.org/2016/03/31/media-coverage-election-2016-trump-sanders