Stephan:   It seems to me that there are several notable thing about the media coverage of the election process. First, how overwhelmingly it centers on Trump whom I have believed for months will be the Republican nominee.  He is the inevitable creature created by toxically unbalanced wealth inequity. Second, the media is capable, or believes the public is capable, of processing only one or at most two narrative lines. I did not hear one word, or see one image, on the Sunday shows about the Kalamazoo massacre. Mass murder has become ordinary in America. International News? Are you serious? Third, The overwhelming percentage of ads that are for pharmaceuticals. Billions of dollars are being spent to get you, me, and everyone else to buy and take pharmaceuticals. It is easy to see why we spend more for drugs, and more to buy any particular drug than any other developed nation in the world. (See the chart in the story) The bulk of the people inflict a wound upon themselves, in the form of outrageous overpricing, in order to make a small group very rich. Jim Hightower outlines the process, and  I agree with him.