"Ron DeSantis vs Delta Variant" Shows That You Should Not Crown Someone Until The Ceremony Is Scheduled

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 It's hard for political media. Sometimes it seems that they want to be like sports media so bad: focusing on "wins and losses," accessing "strengths and weaknesses," going all-in on character profiles.

Despite evidence that politics is better boring than sensationalized, the media continues to hype up people and events that don't justify hyping. One byproduct of that is framing politicians as inevitable candidates or even office-holders (ask Hillary Clinton how that worked for her). 

Take Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for example. There are a number of stories about how his policies have created an unnecessary crisis in the state, even though he was hailed as a winner a few months ago. 

Politically-speaking, COVID-19 and it's variants are a problem. Politicians and the political media are accustomed to having an issue stick around for about a year (maybe a little more) than going away. Keep in mind that we still have a climate crisis, election integrity, police brutality, a flawed judicial system, illegal/unjust wars, economic disparity, poisoned drinking water (in place like Flint, Michigan), and an underpaid working class (just to name a few) to deal with, and the media has barely addressed any of these past, "How does the Politician Currently in the Spotlight feel about this?" It's not far-fetched to say that most are now closer to Donald Trump early sentiment that COVID should just "go away."

But it's not until everyone in charge starts taking it more seriously, and work with the goal of protecting the health and well-being of the human populace. 


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