The corporate media is now blatantly hedging their bets on Mueller coming up with "collusion" in his conspiracy investigation, and preparing Americans for a hearty helping of Grade A Nothing-Burger.
A New American Civil War is, in the eyes of the media, the same as a title fight in boxing or UFC: They'll get to air it, sell advertising on it, and become wealthy, all while someone else takes the punishment.
Smollett's crimes are heinous to begin with, but a reasoning of mental health concerns or substance abuse would certainly have sat better with the American people than simple greed.
Conservatives may have elected a former reality television star to the Oval Office, but the people of New York have hired a future reality television star to Congress.
His arrest, which included armored police vehicles conducting a SWAT-style raid, was undeniably an optics stunt aimed directly at the television sets of the West Wing.
What comes next could very well shape the nation's press, hopefully reeling in the sensationalism and the corporatism inherent within the entertainment-news industry.
We must rise above this media trickery, folks. We must realize that we're being played for the purpose of putting our eyeballs on fabric softener commercials.