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Silent3

(15,296 posts)
Sat Sep 10, 2016, 01:29 AM Sep 2016

Convince the media that a huge Republican blowout would be more exciting than a horse race?

Yeah, I know, I'm just dreaming.

But even for the media, not just us, wouldn't talking about how big a Clinton landslide might be also be exciting?

Pundits arguing over which red states will turn blue? Whipping up excitement over the House being in play? Story after story about which Republicans and which campaign staff were jumping ship and which were going down with the ship? Feverish speculation over the first possible collapse of a major American party since the Whigs?

Wouldn't all that be great for ratings too?

If only I knew how to sell that angle to the right people.

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Convince the media that a huge Republican blowout would be more exciting than a horse race? (Original Post) Silent3 Sep 2016 OP
You don't sell things to reporters. You buy them off. Binkie The Clown Sep 2016 #1

Binkie The Clown

(7,911 posts)
1. You don't sell things to reporters. You buy them off.
Sat Sep 10, 2016, 01:54 AM
Sep 2016

The "free press" is now the "bought and paid for press."

How else can you possibly explain supposedly intelligent people taking Donald Trump seriously?

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