Unlike Trump, Clinton is flawed but normal, why can't so many Americans see this?

A final cause is the inability of journalists to subject Clinton to appropriate scrutiny while still placing her failings in the appropriate context. This is difficult in the best of times, and all the more so when the opposing party has nominated a man who has destroyed the ethical curve. How does the press sweep Clinton for traces of radioactivity when she is standing next to a nuclear meltdown of a candidate?

The mechanics of campaign coverage add to the problem. One set of reporters covers Trump, and another covers Clinton. The Trump reporters are overwhelmed with evidence of his unsuitability. The Clinton reporters have a job, too — they need to cover their subject in a suitably tough fashion. The toughest subject matter with Clinton is her email and foundation problems. Even when reporters are doing their jobs well, the political narrative that comes through is two different candidates afflicted by different but essentially parallel vulnerabilities. Every day, Trump is nagged by questions about his fitness for office and his racism, and Clinton by questions about her ethics. And even within this restrictive framework, journalists don’t always do their job well. The New York Times recently reported a completely innocuous episode — in which the Clinton Foundation requested special visas to help rescue hostages from North Korea and was turned down by a fastidious State Department — as “rais[ing] questions” about “ties.” Matt Lauer grilled Clinton on her emails and let Trump blatantly lie without challenge about having opposed the Iraq War.

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It is not that they have the SAME flaws, but that their respective flaws should disqualify each from consideration.  This is true unless one is looking for the lesser of two evils.  However, at some point the less evil choice is still too "evil"/flawed to warrant the position ... and that point has been reached by both candidates imo, and that of many others.  A pig is still a pig regardless the amount of lipstick it is wearing ..... and that animal is no less porcine just because its mate in the sty is a larger boar.