That might be an idea what rules though ? <| sep |> Sincere journalism didn ' t do well at wrapping the various scandals into a picture of events that the average voter would understand . News is too geared toward new developments to be able to properly frame all the headlines pouring out daily about both candidates . Republican attacks took advantage of this to keep the same overplayed scandal fresh in the headlines . Trump ' s endless new scandals kept pushing old ones out of people ' s minds before the scale of each offense could sink in . Sincere journalism also was unable to broadcast its messages clearly enough to overcome fake news outlets and catchy internet rumor mills . That doesn ' t mean journalism bears most of the responsibility for those failings . It was always an uphill fight . One person delivering a passionate speech can ' t be heard above 100 singing Nah nah nah we can ' t hear you .