Sorry, but it is not up to the media to decide who is or is not a "legitimate choice". The foundational democratic ideal is that the demos gets to decide who is legitimate, not media mandarins or boomer academics. Trump announced his run, announced his ideas, and the people (or at least a sizable number of them) like them. It's amazing how many putative liberals are willing to crush the democratic impulse the moment they don't get their way. I thought such petty authoritarianism was solely the purview of right wingers, but apparently it isn't.
Sorry, but it is not up to the media to decide who is or is not a "legitimate choice". The foundational democratic ideal is that the demos gets to decide who is legitimate, not media mandarins or boomer academics. Trump announced his run, announced his ideas, and the people (or at least a sizable number of them) like them. It's amazing how many putative liberals are willing to crush the democratic impulse the moment they don't get their way. I thought such petty authoritarianism was solely the purview of right wingers, but apparently it isn't.