O'Tink your Q was somewhat rhetorical I realize, but ima answer it tentatively and cynically as a DELIBERATE attempt at misleading.
Because I am really piqued right now because I got caught by them (MSM) with those "18" school shootings this year...it seems no matter how careful one is, well at least for me I am still gullible.
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Had I been forced to choose, I might have voted for Hillary ( again). But I voted for neither of them; here in Washington State, more than 4% of the vote went Libertarian this time! And I still recall upon hearing the presidential result for Trump, I felt a physical wave of relief wash over me...strange...
Anyway, long story short, as much as I dislike Trump I am not buying into MSM Trump-bashing.