@Demosthenes: “Should the mainstream media stop getting worked up over the antics of people like Kanye and Trump?”
This is what corporate media does. It’s a sexy news story that is not a real threat to power, so it needs to report it.
And yes – people (correctly) pushing back on Kanye for being mentally ill, anti-Semitic, and reactionary is going to give the impression to some portion of the population that Kanye is pushing the correct buttons.
People are struggling, and suspect that something is wrong. Only reactionary right-wing maniacs are admitting this (in public media) because the left is systematically excluded from the conversation from the right-wing corporate media (MSNBC, CNN, Washington Post, New York Times, etc). Only Fox News and some radical right-wing maniacs, like Trump and Kanye are willing to admit that something is wrong. This has consistently and predictably pulled the population to the right.
Something is wrong. But since we only allow fascist, right-wing voices to express the frustration and provide an explanation, this is exactly what we get. Things will continue this way. If we had a left-wing party, rather than two right-wing corporate parties, we’d have an option for people.
Financially-comfortable liberals consistently scold victims of the system for being sucked into the racist/xenophobic propaganda of the right. Yet, this is exactly what we should expect, as it’s what happens at every point in history and every country on earth.
That said, the “should” in your question is a bit confusing. Are you suggesting that there is anything else they could do?
If anyone is interested, here is a link to the parts of the Kanye interview that even Carlson didn’t want to air.