While deeply disturbing, that victory by Donald Trump was somehow altogether fitting. After all, as research from Harvard revealed, throughout the 2016 election cycle "policy issues [were] nearly absent in presidential campaign 'coverage.'" Even during the four weeks surrounding the parties' nominating conventions, policy stories represented only 8 percent of the media coverage surveyed (13 percent for Trump and only a paltry 4 percent for Hillary Clinton). Instead, scandals, gaffes, unexpected revelations, horse race coverage and other "medialities" represented more than two-thirds of the reporting from the 10 media sources studied. Ultimately, the "policy-free" 2016 election was a lot like the first season of CBS reality game show Survivor: the surprise winner was Richard Hatch, an off-putting, conniving white guy few viewers liked—and even fewer trusted....
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