Just two major papers ran 115 stories on Trump’s trumped up ‘caravan’ crisis

Here we have more proof that the major media, in the constant pursuit for profit, have allowed themselves to be used by the Donald Trump. That is why he engages in one outrageous act after another. He knows that the press/media will cover it rather more substantial stories that won't sell papers or get ratings:

A study by Media Matters for America’s Matt Gertz determined that “The New York Times and The Washington Post have run a total of 115 news stories in their print editions mentioning the caravan over the last three weeks,” including 13 on the Post’s front page and 12 on the Times.

...As Gertz writes, many of these individual stories are well-reported and “debunk the president’s lies and conspiracy theories.” Nevertheless, “the sheer volume of the coverage can’t help but fuel Trump’s claims that the caravan’s approach represents a crisis and suck oxygen away from other stories in the lead-up to the midterm elections.”

​...Gertz’s report suggests that major media outlets are continuing to let Donald Trump and other prominent Republicans drive their coverage, rather than making objective assessments of which stories would best inform their readers about the stakes in the upcoming election.