2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumNBC waited for green light from lawyers before airing Trump video
NBC News was aware of video footage of Donald Trump making lewd and disparaging remarks about women for nearly four days, a network executive said Saturday, but held onto the recording until lawyers finished reviewing the material.
The networks caution led to an awkward result: NBC News was scooped by The Washington Post, which took just five hours to vet and post its story. A tip from a source led to the Post breaking one of the most consequential stories of the 2016 presidential campaign.
The disclosure of Trumps unguarded comments, which were made while he was wearing a microphone for an interview on Access Hollywood in 2005, has led to calls for him to step down as the Republican nominee. Trump, who squares off against Hillary Clinton on Sunday in the second presidential debate, has vowed to remain in the race.
NBC News first became aware of the footage late Monday after receiving notice from producers at Access Hollywood, a syndicated entertainment-news program owned by NBC. The programs producers had combed their archives for interviews with Trump after reading an Associated Press account of crude remarks he had made about female contestants on The Apprentice, the NBC reality program that Trump had starred on for 14 seasons.
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(7,723 posts)grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Good for the Post.
Democat
(11,617 posts)Of course they knew they could air it, but they decided not to.
Democat
(11,617 posts)The Washington Post is one of the only media outlets not working for the Trump Campaign this year.
lark
(23,105 posts)For shame NBC
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)NBC wanted to wait until Monday - after the debate.
qazplm
(3,626 posts)it might have even worked out better...if he died during the debate, this would just add on to it, and if he did well, this would torpedo it. Win-win.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)JCMach1
(27,559 posts)however you want to characterize it.
That's why someone leaked it.
wishstar
(5,270 posts)No question the delay would have helped Donald go into the debate in a stronger position to get positive media spin. The fact that NBC was going to only disclose first on Access Hollywood this coming week at the earliest, on an evening tabloid entertainment show that few people watch or consider as a credible source, would have delayed the fallout for days giving Trump a definite advantage
Stainless
(718 posts)They're more interested in their bottom line than they are in properly vetting the candidates. The few intelligent voters figured this out a long time ago. The majority of dogmatic and lazy voters continue to believe the tripe that the shills throw their way because it doesn't require them to think.
wiggs
(7,814 posts)Just ONE instance of the media accepting forged, false, or faked evidence as real would negate tons of real, damning info. GOP operatives have done it before... and they are desperate.
Bush's AWOL problem was real. The info in the secretary's letter was accurate. The letter leaked to Rather couldn't be verified as original, so Rather went down and the entire problem of Bush's past went away...erased as an issue.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)All the time now. Rather was a big fish and an honest one. People are reading "hacked emails" that are completely phony this week.
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)discussed over and over for 20 years. I guess their "hero" (t-rump) is not looking too good now, but if I know NBC they will prop him up as a winner.
KeepItReal
(7,769 posts)eom