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kpete

(71,991 posts) Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:37 AM Apr 2016

Why I Blame TV for Trump - A former cable host says the industry utterly caved to the candidate.

Why I Blame TV for Trump
A former cable host says the industry utterly caved to the candidate.
By Campbell Brown
May/June 2016

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http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/2016-donald-trump-blame-tv-cable-news-media-campbell-brown-campaign-cnn-fox-msnbc-213839

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Why I Blame TV for Trump - A former cable host says the industry utterly caved to the candidate. (Original Post) kpete Apr 2016 OP

It's all about $$$$$'s with M$M once they became P&L centers and figured they could RKP5637 Apr 2016 #1

Well, most of the candidates play it so close to the vest 1939 Apr 2016 #2

Look what the "Dean Scream" did to his campaign. Trump does ten times worse every doc03 Apr 2016 #3

Which is another irony - with non-stop coverage of his endless verbal defecation . . . . hatrack Apr 2016 #4

There's a song about Trump supporters. Turbineguy Apr 2016 #5

RKP5637

(67,108 posts)

1. It's all about $$$$$'s with M$M once they became P&L centers and figured they could

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:41 AM

Apr 2016

make money off of promoting whatever sh** they could find to make dollars, having nothing to do with integrity and/or caring about the future of the US.

1939

(1,683 posts)

2. Well, most of the candidates play it so close to the vest

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2016, 08:47 AM

Apr 2016

the reporters can only hope for a "gotcha" question to get them a soundbite to put on the air. Trump produces soundbites which are what the networks want (and he produces them by the car load).

doc03

(35,337 posts)

3. Look what the "Dean Scream" did to his campaign. Trump does ten times worse every

Reply to 1939 (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:01 AM

Apr 2016

day and gets away with it.

hatrack

(59,587 posts)

4. Which is another irony - with non-stop coverage of his endless verbal defecation . . . .

Reply to 1939 (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:05 AM

Apr 2016

. . . . thanks to M$NBC et. al., even Golden Gotcha Moments won't matter the next cycle.

By 2024, if a candidate wants coverage, s/he will have to set kittens on fire on national television, or hurl chunks of raw ground chuck at the audience, or wrestle an alligator.

Shitty journalism, shitty politics, but it could lead to diverting performance art.

Turbineguy

(37,331 posts)

5. There's a song about Trump supporters.

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Thu Apr 28, 2016, 09:35 AM

Apr 2016

And the TV figures in big.

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