"We have a damaged, delusional, old man who again might get reelected to the presidency of the United States," Mike Barnicle, who served as a longtime columnist for The Boston Globe and other newspapers…. Trump frequently says “deranged” things in public that “you wouldn’t repeat” on “American television” or “in front of your children.”
” How did we get here?" Barnicle asked. Then he pointed a finger at his media colleagues. “Donald Trump can say whatever crazy things he wants to say, about submarines, and sharks, and electric batteries,” [and] these statements are “not really covered” as a window into “who the man is” or a sign that he’s “out of his mind.”
— Finally: Top Journo Erupts at Media for Ignoring Trump’s Mental State [The New Republic]