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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 12:48 PM Jun 2017

How TMZ Became the Most Potent Pro-Trump Outlet


June 27, 2017 at 11:07 am EDT By Taegan Goddard

Judd Legum: “Trump was the ideal vehicle for TMZ to break into political coverage. A reality TV host and a creature of celebrity culture pursues the most powerful position in the world — all while dishing out TMZ-friendly sound bites on a daily basis.”

“As Trump has risen, TMZ has quietly emerged as, arguably, the most important pro-Trump outlet in America. Fox News is the largest and best known, but its audience is older and already inclined to support Trump. Breitbart is the most aggressive and strident, but its connection to white nationalism limits its appeal. TMZ attracts a large and diverse audience — precisely the folks Trump needed to reach to stitch together a winning coalition.”

“Stories on TMZ not only gain a wide audience online but also appear on two nationally syndicated daily television shows (TMZ and TMZ Live) that, in most markets, are aired multiple times each day.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/06/27/tmz-became-potent-pro-trump-outlet/
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How TMZ Became the Most Potent Pro-Trump Outlet (Original Post) DonViejo Jun 2017 OP
Never heard of TMZ Kolesar Jun 2017 #1
They hound celebrities underpants Jun 2017 #2
It's run by bottom feeding sociopaths BannonsLiver Jun 2017 #6
Thanks for the motivation to do something meaningful today! Kolesar Jun 2017 #7
I HATE TMZ! It's so obnoxious! smirkymonkey Jun 2017 #9
TMZ - Thirty Mile Zone. haele Jun 2017 #13
THX Kolesar Jun 2017 #15
I believe someone refers to them as "low information voters" underpants Jun 2017 #3
That stupid program where Harvey Levine banters and jokes with a bunch of hipsters and millennials The_Casual_Observer Jun 2017 #4
Harvey Levine is an interesting cat AngryAmish Jun 2017 #14
Too bad. I liked TMZ for late night, light entertainment aikoaiko Jun 2017 #5
TMZ is proof that Hollywood is not liberal tenderfoot Jun 2017 #8
I didn't realize this Awsi Dooger Jun 2017 #10
There's more where that comes from... hunter Jun 2017 #11
Radaronline is a million times more pro-Trump than TMZ Laura PourMeADrink Jun 2017 #12

BannonsLiver

(16,396 posts)
6. It's run by bottom feeding sociopaths
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 01:44 PM
Jun 2017

And read by people who still give a fuck about the Kardashians. It's tailor made for your average American snap chatting dullard (most of our population).

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
9. I HATE TMZ! It's so obnoxious!
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 04:55 PM
Jun 2017

I can't stand loud obnoxious people and it's like being in a room filled with them. And the narrator, or whatever you want to call him, is the most insufferable one of all of them. His voice and the way he speaks just makes me want to throw large heavy objects at the television.

I don't watch it on purpose, but I will often have the news on and then it will go into TMZ while I am doing something else. As soon as I realize it's on I either change the channel or turn it off.

haele

(12,660 posts)
13. TMZ - Thirty Mile Zone.
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 05:15 PM
Jun 2017

Originally a Time Warner/AOL entertainment news channel for the Hollywood/TV studio "business zone" (an approximate 30 sq. mile area).
Occasionally, in the past (on edit) they've done some decent journalism on social and labor issues (particularly those issues that affect "the industry&quot , but for the most part, they're competing more with E!News than they are with Rolling Stone.

I had to edit, because the last time I paid any attention to what went on in entertainment TV, it was mainly watching "The Soup" - and that was 6/7 years ago.

Haele

Kolesar

(31,182 posts)
15. THX
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 09:08 PM
Jun 2017

That's ham radio code for "thanks".
"Morse Code", although it is now called International Code

underpants

(182,830 posts)
3. I believe someone refers to them as "low information voters"
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 01:12 PM
Jun 2017

Which is more than ironic but not surprising

 

The_Casual_Observer

(27,742 posts)
4. That stupid program where Harvey Levine banters and jokes with a bunch of hipsters and millennials
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 01:23 PM
Jun 2017

about nothing and stock red carpet footage of celebrities are shown over and over.

 

AngryAmish

(25,704 posts)
14. Harvey Levine is an interesting cat
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 05:24 PM
Jun 2017

There is a school of thought that he makes more money from what he does not publish than what he does. And he is rightly feared, a Hollywood J Edgar Hoover. There have been figures like this from time to time, Hush Hush Magazine and all that.

aikoaiko

(34,172 posts)
5. Too bad. I liked TMZ for late night, light entertainment
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 01:28 PM
Jun 2017


I don't watch often, but it can be a funnier, paparazzi version of Entertainment Tonight.
 

Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
10. I didn't realize this
Tue Jun 27, 2017, 05:06 PM
Jun 2017

I've only sampled that one program once in a while, the tawdry one with the guy whose wife was murdered years ago. Low class but I thought it was harmless.

I had no idea their content had become right wing.

Jon Stewart is badly missed. I'll always wonder how 2016 would have turned out if he were still active.

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