Like lap dogs or, as Roger Ailes once said, "TV news watchers are lazy and like the thinking done for them."  Media attempts to control the narrative.

What we have, not only with Donald Trump, but Republicans in general,  are people devoid of policy ideas, other than trickle down economics and pro-discrimination.  Example:  Trump's economic policy will add trillions to the debt, most in tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations.

Those worn out ideas are a hard sell to the public so, in lieu, it's conspiracy after conspiracy.

Benghazi, IRS, fast and furious, death panels, birth certificate, jade helm, plan 21, planned parenthood, ISIS, Muslim brotherhood, Hillary email, Hillary health, Clinton foundation, Vincent foster, climate gate, climate change, coming to get your guns, martial law, 3rd term, false flags, voter fraud, ebola, etc.

These conspiracies run 24/7 on conservative media outlets and are played up by Republican politicians to keep the attention off policies.