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Trump lining on the political cloud

For every unappealing event or person one must look for the sliver of silver.  Or so the saying goes.  It is the same with American politics in its present state and the presence of an unusual superego (the ego part is a must to be in any limelight for anyone) in the form of the Donald. With the airwaves awash in negativity about all that he says and does it is also IMHO exposing a chink in the media's armor.  That of unbiased reporting.  Some journalists have gone as far as to say that this time is an exception. But in fact that is not so.  I have been observing the American media more closely than any other given I have the desire to be "informed" and it provides one point of view that shapes my own opinion.  It seems that depending on the vested interests of the broadcaster the news or talk shows tends to conform to a predetermined ideology or designed to merely confuse the viewer or reader to the point of feeling irrelevant. Take the word media f...