trees in the forest

Listening to an interview with veteran reporter Sy Hersch yesterday I was struck by what would be his approach to the present administration and the president* if he was in charge of the coverage.  Hersch is best remembered for uncovering various scandals in the Johnson and Nixon administrations, especially the massacre of villagers at Mi Lai and the attempted coverup of same.  He has fallen  out of vogue as he does not reflexively follow liberal talking points in the tRump era.  What he did say is the media is so obsessed by the constant barrage of lies surrounding Cheeto Jesus that it is missing coverage of some of the real scandals which should lead to public outrage.  He would make Scott Pruitt, Steve Mnuchin and Ryan Zinke the faces of the administration.  Publishing stories about their every day corruption and the contempt they have for the citizens who are paying for their various pecadillos would go a long way toward generating congressional action.  Attacking the Donald is counterproductive because his base and by extension the republican party will defend almost anything up to and including murder by their dear leader.  However, most of them will not defend the grift being carried out by his henchmen.