Media ignoring public's genuine concerns

I have found that I had to take a little break from what passes as news these days as none of it comes agenda free from either side and there seems to be a nonstop soap opera drama. I mean when the fact that the president gets two scoops of ice cream when his guests get only one makes it on CNN, I think we have reached the shark tank jumping point.

It also seems the media is often setting the agenda on a day-to-day basis. It was recently reported that outside the media, the vast majority of the country didn't care that the president fired the director at the FBI, yet it was headline news for days. In typical form, the media and the Democrats overreact and Republicans tuck their collective tails between their legs and spend their time trying to figure out how to react to the most recent overreaction.

In the meantime, many American citizens have genuine concerns about taxes, terror, border control and health insurance now called "affordable" while in fact being more expensive than ever before and really don't care what the political views are from Madonna, Cher or a late-night talk show host. What we want is for the people we elected to deal with these issues to actually deal with these issues. Please.

Marc Thomsen

Elk Grove Village