Sean Hackbarth: Jeff Greenfield on oversaturated campaign coverage: pllqt.it/2qxe8N

Primary Amnesia - Jeff Greenfield - POLITICO Magazine

So when we read stories of staff shakeups, awkward answers in an interview, balky sound systems at rallies or the scandal of a candidate’s traffic tickets, it might be worth asking: Who are these stories for? Is this ever-expanding cottage industry of political journals more about informing the public—which has every rational reason not to be paying attention at this point—or more about ourselves? And if we’re convinced that we’re informing a broader electorate than those who watch C-SPAN 2 for erotic arousal, shouldn’t we be accompanying such coverage with a new warning label: “Caution: What You Are Reading Will Likely Have No Impact On What Happens In 2016.
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