Ultimate conspiracy theory

Not one for accepting or espousing conspiracy theories, I nevertheless remember the old saying, "even paranoids have enemies."  So in a rare moment of fantasy (or oxygen deprivation), the ultimate conspiracy theory came to mine relative to this election cycle.

The media are colluding with Clinton and Trump to assure her election as President.

Think about it for a moment.  The coverage of Trump is astronomical compared to stories about other candidates.

Trump offers one more idiotic, horrendous, banal, inflammatory, sexist, racist, etc., etc., etc. comment every day, which the media then exploits by exceptional amount of coverage.  The more incendiary his rhetoric, the more coverage he gets.  On issues of the day, he mouths comments sure to offend.  And the comments play right into Clinton's plan.  It could be argued that in cold, clear analysis his commentary reads like and sounds like something Clinton would specifically want him to say, so that she can come out with her counter Trump commentary.

All along, media covers Trump's outlandish commentary, fanning the flames of disgust.  This disgust, engineered by the Clinton campaign, will manifest itself in the general election to hand the presidency to Clinton.  Of course, before the general election, Trump must first get the GOP nomination.  Once more, in this conspiracy theory, the three conspiracists (media, Trump, and Clinton) work to "excite" the fringes of the GOP in order to drown out the superior messaging of other candidates, thereby pressing for Trump to get the party's nomination.  Trump's disgusting, inflammatory rhetoric grows day-by-day and so does coverage by the media.

The rhetoric provides softballs for Clinton to effortlessly hit over the fence, all the while expending not very much energy (of any kind) as she coasts to the Dem nomination (or is that coronation).

If this wild idea has foundation, then Trump and Clinton work on the messaging he will provide that benefits her, with the media agreeing to provide extraordinary levels of coverage for the unbelievable words coming out of Trump's mouth.  Other candidate messages are obscured.  Fringe elements of the GOP get whipped into a lather.  And a path to the GOP nomination is paved.

Once it gets to the general election, Clinton vs Trump, it does not take a genius to see how the results will play out.

Thank goodness I don't buy into conspiracy theories.