Steven Rosenfield of Alternet gives his opinion on eleven ways he thinks a Trump presidency would be a disaster.

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Problem is, Trump supporters don’t likely read Alternet (except to troll certain articles in the Disqus comment section).

The so-called mainstream media, such as television networks and major newspapers, are the ones positioned to call these things out, but don’t. I suspect a subscriber to the New York Times is not going to unsubscribe because he is told the truth about a subject.

Without the mainstream media reporting facts, we have right-wing sites that cater to the right wing, and left-wing sites that do the same for the left, but no one in the middle weighing the arguments and showing which ones are lacking.

The media turning into stenographers and opting out of the need to inform the public seems to be the issue. The media doesn’t even seem to care that one candidate wants to restrict the I Amendment in relation to the press.

Business is good this quarter, we’ll worry about next quarter in the next quarter. - newspapers and television