But they should be there, tape him from a safe protected place and show us the madness but not the advertisements for himself and don't let him have the danger and spectacle of the crowd going after the press because they are an easy target. Realize he always hires actors/actresses to attend his rallies and act out, so what we are seeing may or may not be real.

but it gets reduced to "stop covering it" because nuance? What is that? I like Amanda Marcotte but sometimes even she does the very thing she mentions in the article. Live coverage absent meaningful analysis was propping up Trump and liberals were going to call that shit out. It's disappointing to see her with this take on it.

A reporter (or plural) can covering it and describe the activities. But, showing them on live TV is a totally different issue.

The author is comparing apples to oranges.

The crowds and 45 are reacting to them more so than the actual reporters.

and instead show the people outside the rally. Show their hate, ignorance and anti-Americanism...

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profitable media companies.

Frankly, if all the non-'freak nazi' media stopped covering his garbage, by saying 'he said he doesn't like us and doesn't want us there', he and his team would be screaming and crying about how little (or zero) coverage they were getting from US media.

He's got it flipped, media doesn't need him, he needs media. No matter what corporate shills like Moonves say. Sneak unknown operatives with camera phones into his events, then all the big networks can have their press pool reporters on as guests, to tear shitler and his fans apart, with the covert footage that had been obtained.

No more livestock pens. Buy a ticket, walk right in. NO journalists faces shown or names known.

It has. Numerous times. But it's still treated as an aberration by most of the popular media. As if by not calling out instance after instance, somehow the Trump administration will revert to a more traditional position that we recognize as more or less business as usual.

It's not going to happen. What you're seeing, Amanda Marcotte, is what the Trump administration is. The evidence is plentiful. We're way past more likely than not; the preponderance of evidence isn't even in the rear-view mirror; clear and convincing evidence is a speck in the far distances, and we blew past reasonable doubt months ago.

There is no reason for the popular media to cover Trump's fascist rallies live.

as if he was making headline worthy news. Then the TV and press people could fact check Trump's lies and only air snippets from the worst of the worst of his rambling, stream of consciousness rants.

Trump's whole schtick against the press requires a useful foil, a straight man for him to play against so his zingers have a target that incites the crowd. His routine collapses without the top tier journalists that cover his staged barn burners, and he can't play like he's the poor victim if there are only a couple of unknown pool reporters.