What’s most troubling about Mr. Trump sounding more informed by reading prepared remarks is that there is no way to know anything about his authenticity.
Which Trump is the real one? The angry crude attacker? Or the slightly better informed one? And how would such a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde personality actually perform day-to-day in the Oval Office?
For far too many media consumers constantly repeated lies are sounding true, emotions are replacing reason, and serious ideas have been simplified and polarized into prejudice reinforcing entertainment. The frightening consequence is that it’s now more impossible than ever to know who and what is authentic.
My fear is that when outrageous and cruel attackers begin to sound more reasonable too many disgruntled and still undecided citizens will begin to relax and think that “maybe they are actually coming around.” And what’s also troubling is the possibility that just by softening coverage the news media will actually end up reinforcing this more comfortable feeling.
But make no mistake. The digital media “confusion effect” remains the same. We must now be even less certain which Trump is the real one?
Larry D. Lauer 
The basic question is what is the role of media – to just repeat factual errors of Trump or to challenge and correct and challenge Trump’s many statements which are clearly not true?