listening to the results of the elections coming in.

and they cut to Donald Trump making a victory speech because he had just won some big speech.

and he went on and on and on and there werent any commercials or interruptions

it was just the GOP frontrunner talking.

and talking.

and it dawned on me that CNN, which I was listening to, is in the ratings business. and as long as people were tuned in they were happy.

and things like debates and chat shows before and after the debates and candidates like Donald Trump are low-budget easy-to-produce television (and radio)

which, as we are seeing, can bring in much bigger ratings than anything they’ve ever produced before.

sorry, Anthony Bourdin.

but then it occurred to me that maybe airing as much Donald Trump as possible for as many ratings as possible might not be the best thing for the country, nor is it the most balanced or responsible journalism. arent there others in this race? shouldnt the public know just as much as the other names on the ballot?

or is this all about ratings, which means this is all about money, which means once again heres an organization who cares far more about the bottom line than

silly things like the environment

education

alternative energies

reproductive rights

and all of the things that donald trump doesnt talk about because those things fly right over the heads of the people who are tuning into him insult the height and energy levels of his opponents?

in a perfect world all of the politicians would get the same amount of air time. but sadly it seems like many of these cable news operations has no interest in that sort of perfect world.

it seems their perfect world involves the yuuuugest ratings they could ever get no matter what.

so i turned off the radio, pulled over, and bought 3 double doubles. because who cares. right?