People have the illusion that all over the world all the time all kinds of fantastic things are happening. When in fact over most of the world most of the time nothing is happening.
This is the first convention of the space age - where a candidate can promise the moon and mean it.
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
Being an anchor is not just a matter of sitting in front of a camera and looking pretty.