Are we actually talking about the same campaign? The one where every US news channel I saw- CNN,  CBS even MSNBC except for PBS (I cannot stand FOX) would give the latest Trump insult a minute or two and then start harping again on the Clinton email server and/or the latest salacious rumor/opinion  on the Democratic campaign. It would be nice to see some independent thought come back into the discourse- but I suspect that is not good for ratings so not likely to happen.