Erica Jong writes in the Huffington Post We Deserve What We Get: "I want to talk not about candidates but about our media turning every presidential election into a high school"
"Our magazines and newspapers are so dumbed down that they never discuss issues, only stereotype or attack or puff up candidates -- and all for the most idiotic things -- like their marriages, which in truth we know nothing about -- or their weight or their clothes or their hair. They don't discuss brains, intelligence, psychological maturity, but only who's up or down in the polls, cuter in photos, who misted up, cried or didn't cry, said "my friends" like Reagan or mimicked Bill Clinton's style or JFK's or whomever's. Our press is a disgrace."
It really is annoying and its clearly affecting the election. Andrew Sullivan shows this as clearly as anything in The Candidates On Chairs. While it's really funny, it's also so sad is that this is accurate and about as much info we get from the candidates on issues.
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