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democrattotheend

(11,607 posts)
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 05:25 PM Sep 2016

Maybe Hillary should take a page from the Matt Santos playbook

Remember in Season 7 of the West Wing, when Josh decided that Santos should brief the press every day, with the hopes that they would get sick of it? I think Hillary ought to try that. I think a lot of the reason she gets less favorable coverage than Trump is that Trump is constantly making himself available to the media. They reward him with easier coverage. Given how opaque he has been in other areas, such as not releasing his tax returns, Hillary ought to claim the high ground on transparency by 1) briefing the press frequently, maybe even once a day; and 2) releasing detailed health records and making her doctors available for questioning.

I don't think she should have to do either of those things, and I understand that she values her privacy. But I think she has an opportunity to showcase how untransparent Trump is being by giving the media nothing to gripe about, and it would probably improve her coverage.

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Maybe Hillary should take a page from the Matt Santos playbook (Original Post) democrattotheend Sep 2016 OP
I think she should put out a press release every day telling us what time she got up, what she ate crazylikafox Sep 2016 #1
That's not the worst idea in the world democrattotheend Sep 2016 #3
:-) elleng Sep 2016 #2
Do it at noon and 6:30 pm every day. LiberalFighter Sep 2016 #4

crazylikafox

(2,762 posts)
1. I think she should put out a press release every day telling us what time she got up, what she ate
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 05:36 PM
Sep 2016

for breakfast, what she wore, when her bowels moved, etc. etc. etc.

Make them look like a bunch of idiots for asking...

Transparency, ya know!

democrattotheend

(11,607 posts)
3. That's not the worst idea in the world
Tue Sep 13, 2016, 05:42 PM
Sep 2016

I think you might have meant it in jest but maybe she should actually try it. Like you said, it would make them look like idiots.

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