Letter: Media falls for Trump distractions

On Wednesday, Jan. 8, the ADN banner headline and story was about our felonious president-elect’s blathering about seizing control of the Panama Canal and Greenland — possibly using military force.

The headline should have been about the sentencing hearing after his conviction in the New York hush money case scheduled for Friday and how we are about to inaugurate a convicted serial felon to the presidency. As usual, the press fell for the Trumpian ruse so that the real story could be overwhelmed. Why does the media fall for that kind of ruse every time?

— Chip Treinen, Anchorage

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