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Who said anything about fault? But now that you mention it, news media did provide crucial care and feeding for his campaign in the first place, perhaps thinking it was all a joke, but in any case correctly guessing it would be good for ratings.

> To be fair the current president is usually not news because they’re not doing anything out of the ordinary (ordinarily)

I do find it interesting that most news sites seem to have agreed that his stumbling, bumbling way of often losing his train of thought is rarely worth a mention.

I would think the Afghanistan situation would give them enough fuel for at least a week or two.

Three of the four Trump-related headlines in question are about Afghanistan.