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It’s been a busy few weeks in media land, what with Michael Cohen’s sentencing and talk about whether Donald Trump will be impeached, or Michael Flynn’s sentencing and talk about whether Donald Trump will be impeached, or Jamal Khashoggi’s death and how that relates to whether Donald Trump will be impeached.

Mind you, I’m not necessarily saying this isn’t newsworthy. While I don’t think the special counsel needs to be covered with a breathlessness usually reserved for the first few hours after a plane crash (except elongated to 24/7 status), there have been some pretty serious developments in the past few weeks that have changed the complexion of things.

That being said, this doesn’t give the media a pass on reporting other aspects of the Trump presidency — particularly those that might paint it in a favorable light.

For instance, you basically had to actively search to find any mention of the Opportunity and Revitalization Council, a $100 billion initiative to deliver growth in urban communities.

“With the creation of today’s council, the resources of the whole federal government will be leveraged to rebuild low-income and impoverished neighborhoods that have been ignored by Washington in years past,” the president said at a Wednesday event in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, where an executive order establishing the council was signed.

Quote:I think we can all agree this is a pretty big deal. Not only will it take a $100 billion step toward alleviating poverty in urban communities, it does it with investment as opposed to handouts. All of this without any tax money.

So why is it almost impossible to find news about this anywhere?

Yes, I understand, the special counsel is a big ratings driver. So are arguments between the president and Democratic leadership, especially when they’re conducted in front of an array of reporters and cameras. However, if you’re the news, at some point you have to cover — well, the news. This is part of it.

The New York Times had a relatively short (at least for them) piece about it. Vox, with the predictability of the monsoon season returning to India, covered the story thusly: “Ivanka Trump reportedly advocated for a tax break she and Jared Kushner could profit from.” See, because they’re in real estate, and this could help real estate. Clearly their primary incentive here. There was certainly coverage to be had, mind you, but it wasn’t front page stuff — and try to find it on CNN or MSNBC.

At some level, so-called objective news outlets have to cover the full spectrum of stories. That’s all conservatives ask. And, even with that low bar, we’re constantly disappointed.

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He did it just because the walls are closing in.....it’s the beginning of the end.....he just wants to make people believe he’s not a white nationalist Nazi.....he’s just making sure he’s treated good in jail.....(in before the TDS)

This country is in real danger. Not from some collusion with Russians but with a ‘media’ sick with radical socialist. This president is doing all the right things in relation to his campaign promises. That is why he was elected.

A bombshell report, the walls are closing in.

Yellow journalism right now is worse than it was in the lead up to WWI. The internet overthrew their model and now the only way to make money is with clickbait and fake news. Partisan bias is really just a symptom. It would be much fairer if the marketplace required it... like it used to. It is going to keep getting worse until someone cracks the code on how to make honest money in the current paradigm.

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