Trump's Media and Political Parties Are Institutionalized Ticks

Trump got significantly more positive coverage than clinton in major media outlets. Media and political parties are institutionalized ticks, and the tick business has never been better. Why aren't they hitting trump harder? Because it's a game. The long term strategy for a tick species is not to maximize blood sucking and egg laying, but to balance resource gathering and reproductive success against the minimal requirements to keep the host species alive.