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All Trump surrogates cancelled their apperance on Joy AM show.. (Original Post) HipChick Oct 2016 OP
I love the way she opens her show with a aaaaaa5a Oct 2016 #3
Actually... WiffenPoof Oct 2016 #5
Too much ice cream isn't good for you. randome Oct 2016 #8
shush your ugly words... whttevrr Oct 2016 #11
+1 anamandujano Oct 2016 #41
Popcorn for me NastyRiffraff Oct 2016 #40
you can't humilate someone without shame..... getagrip_already Oct 2016 #31
that's exactly what I'm looking for.....nothing more fun than watching how they Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #6
Is there video? whttevrr Oct 2016 #7
playing clip of Ben Carson asking for mic cutoff, a guest says, "can't you answer the question, Gabi Hayes Oct 2016 #9
LOL I missed that over cross-talk. Thanks for the chuckle. SunSeeker Oct 2016 #47
Retreating to the bunkers... Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #10
I've been dealing with someone that believes that Breitbart is a credible news source.. HipChick Oct 2016 #16
It helps to try to unwind a couple of those jberryhill Oct 2016 #49
Yes workinclasszero Oct 2016 #18
You know there is a chance Trump will turn on them Blue Idaho Oct 2016 #19
I think Trump, Roger Ailes (and Putin) workinclasszero Oct 2016 #20
Except none of them Ailes, Cheeto etc are not young enough to be embarking on this new venture. kimbutgar Oct 2016 #24
That sounds plausible as hell to me workinclasszero Oct 2016 #25
What's ironic is Dish only covers RT not Direct Tv kimbutgar Oct 2016 #28
Do you really think there's enough of an audience? PJMcK Oct 2016 #33
"Importantly, where will they get the advertising money to sustain such a channel?" workinclasszero Oct 2016 #38
But those sponsors have been shrinking for the past several years PJMcK Oct 2016 #39
I could see Putin getting some financial backers for this BlueStreak Oct 2016 #46
The new branding should be Loser Network. That's how he'll be known after the election. anamandujano Oct 2016 #48
RT network has a very small reach, like Al Jazeera BlueStreak Oct 2016 #43
We hear enough of them during the week. LiberalFighter Oct 2016 #12
Not surprising... Wounded Bear Oct 2016 #13
Hilarious! chillfactor Oct 2016 #14
I would rather listen to Gloria Allred anyway, spooky3 Oct 2016 #15
Cowards! n/t ScienceIsGood Oct 2016 #17
I think they are all rethinking their career choices. louis-t Oct 2016 #21
I was wondering how long it would take PatSeg Oct 2016 #22
Afraid of being (further) humiliated, I'll bet. They've had a tough week. TonyPDX Oct 2016 #23
Dang! I overslept, dgibby Oct 2016 #27
And that's why they get away with things. If they can't bully they cancel. GO JOY! nolabear Oct 2016 #30
Do you think he is going to quite? classykaren Oct 2016 #32
Never blue cat Oct 2016 #54
That shows that Joy doesn't tolerate their crap, as people here have noticed! Buckeye_Democrat Oct 2016 #34
Honestly what can the surrogates say to defend Trump? Nothing, the banter excuse did not make the Thinkingabout Oct 2016 #37
Last minute cancellations... lame54 Oct 2016 #42
Cowards. nt SunSeeker Oct 2016 #44
Well, there's always Chris Matthews NBachers Oct 2016 #45
Yes, lsewpershad Oct 2016 #50
Joy has been shooting from the hip lately and taking no prisoners .. good on her. YOHABLO Oct 2016 #51
She is so great! LisaM Oct 2016 #52
Who? did she say? mascarax Oct 2016 #53
I love the smell of capitulation in the morning C_U_L8R Oct 2016 #55
This punk-*ss “boycott” is their way of pressuring NBC to make Joy go easy on 'em... LowerManhattanite Oct 2016 #56
That's why Chris Matthews goes soft on them HipChick Oct 2016 #57
then decency is returning to the airwaves. nt TeamPooka Oct 2016 #58
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randome

(34,845 posts)
8. Too much ice cream isn't good for you.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:29 AM
Oct 2016

Or chocolate. Or cotton candy. You know what I mean!
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getagrip_already

(14,838 posts)
31. you can't humilate someone without shame.....
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:10 PM
Oct 2016

They just keep spouting their scripted crap. Their one and only goal is to get their talking points out, regardless of the question, or the context.

No reputable media outlet should invite them back.

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
6. that's exactly what I'm looking for.....nothing more fun than watching how they
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:21 AM
Oct 2016

try to justify his words, not to say his alleged actions

couldn't be more entertaining, except for the sad, nauseating subject matter

they have someone on CNN squirming her way around as I type this

fanTAStic!

 

Gabi Hayes

(28,795 posts)
9. playing clip of Ben Carson asking for mic cutoff, a guest says, "can't you answer the question,
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:30 AM
Oct 2016

mr. BRAIN surgeon?"

hAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Blue Idaho

(5,057 posts)
10. Retreating to the bunkers...
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:30 AM
Oct 2016

This is bad news for Trump. It looks like the campaign is retreating to the bunkers of reichwing media sources. Instead of increasing their outreach they are battening down the hatches of the reichwing echo chamber. No wonder the low information Trump voters think he will win in a landslide. They are getting all their news from Breitbart and InfoWars...

HipChick

(25,485 posts)
16. I've been dealing with someone that believes that Breitbart is a credible news source..
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:44 AM
Oct 2016

she was perplexed when I laughed in her face...now she's mad, and citing this, that and the other....I should really stop engaging her....but just asked her if worshiping a sexual predator does not bother her..

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
49. It helps to try to unwind a couple of those
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:59 PM
Oct 2016

After a few rounds of that, some do get the message that they haven't been getting all of the facts.
 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
18. Yes
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:46 AM
Oct 2016

The Trump forces are going to get extremely ugly now. They will play to their hateful base for post election profit.

What little pretense of normalcy they had is going to go out the window and vicious hate will take it's place when they realize they are going to lose the election.

Blue Idaho

(5,057 posts)
19. You know there is a chance Trump will turn on them
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:51 AM
Oct 2016

Trump has said on several occasions that if he doesn't win it will be the single biggest waste of his time and money - ever. So it's possible that he will blame them for his loss too. Wouldn't that be a kick?

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
20. I think Trump, Roger Ailes (and Putin)
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:58 AM
Oct 2016

Are going to build a hate network to rival Fox.

I hate to say this but they will rake in millions and millions and millions of dollars from the deplorables.

Hate sells in America big time. Trump will come out of this richer than ever I'm sad as hell to say.

kimbutgar

(21,195 posts)
24. Except none of them Ailes, Cheeto etc are not young enough to be embarking on this new venture.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 11:59 AM
Oct 2016

I think it will be hard for them to get financing for this endeavor unless Putin lets them take over RT network.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
25. That sounds plausible as hell to me
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:02 PM
Oct 2016

The network is already in place then for Trump and Ailes, just change the branding to the Trump Network.

kimbutgar

(21,195 posts)
28. What's ironic is Dish only covers RT not Direct Tv
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:08 PM
Oct 2016

I could see only a limited number of cable providers picking up RT. And Dish can be shamed into dropping RT. I watch it only for a Thom Hartmann.

PJMcK

(22,050 posts)
33. Do you really think there's enough of an audience?
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:12 PM
Oct 2016

The number of people who support Donald Trump is diminishing by the day. I don't think there will be enough of an audience for a 24/7 cable channel featuring Donald Trump and his views. The competition from Fox News and others is very steep.

Importantly, where will they get the advertising money to sustain such a channel? Major corporations have already shunned Mr. Trump and it's highly unlikely that they'll return to him following this ugly presidential campaign. Trump TV would be reduced to commercials usually seen on late-night television.

Lastly, cable operators are not required to carry every channel. Would Trump TV be able to find a carrier in the major markets? Keep in mind that Sarah Palin's shows couldn't sustain themselves and that's very small compared to an entire network. Additionally, look at how Rush Limbaugh's show has shrunken in both outlets and advertising.

So, Trump TV would probably try to transit on the internet which is a tough way to make money. Just ask Skinner, et al.! (wink)

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
38. "Importantly, where will they get the advertising money to sustain such a channel?"
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:20 PM
Oct 2016

The same places that Rush Limbaugh, Hannity, Laura Ingraham, Glenn Beck, Savage and others get their ad dollars.

Hate sells or these fascists would have been off the air a long time ago.

PJMcK

(22,050 posts)
39. But those sponsors have been shrinking for the past several years
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:30 PM
Oct 2016

Glenn Beck is off the air, sort of, (SORRY BUT IT'S BREITBART: http://www.breitbart.com/big-journalism/2016/10/13/report-glenn-becks-blaze-falling-apart/).

Mr. Limbaugh has lost stations and business all over the country: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/05/is-rush-limbaugh-in-trouble-talk-radio-213914

Michael Savage has his own problems: http://www.snopes.com/michael-savage-removed/

Right-wing broadcasters aren't going away anytime soon. My point is that an entire network is a much larger undertaking than a single individual's career. It will probably end up like many other Trump endeavors: it'll fail

It's like in the music business: the performer records an album and makes some money. But the album is a promotional tool for the artists' concert tour; that's where they make their real money.

This is an analogy for these people. Their programs support their more lucrative endeavors such as books and lectures; that's where they make their real money.

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
46. I could see Putin getting some financial backers for this
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:35 PM
Oct 2016

Putin has been very interested in disrupting our politics.

anamandujano

(7,004 posts)
48. The new branding should be Loser Network. That's how he'll be known after the election.
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:41 PM
Oct 2016

His empire is crumbling. No banks will go near him. Everyone now sees what a lowlife he is. He will be in court forever and then prison.

 

BlueStreak

(8,377 posts)
43. RT network has a very small reach, like Al Jazeera
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:33 PM
Oct 2016

I could see them working together, but I don't see much of a benefit in trying to merge with RT because it is on in so few markets.

The game would be in getting onto basic cable in the major markets. That's a tall order.

Wounded Bear

(58,713 posts)
13. Not surprising...
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:34 AM
Oct 2016

Trump has been Fox only for weeks. They're realizing that there isn't anybody else to "reach out" to.

chillfactor

(7,584 posts)
14. Hilarious!
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 10:34 AM
Oct 2016

guess the t'rump surrogates are finally beginning to understand they can no longer get away with bullshit.

nolabear

(41,991 posts)
30. And that's why they get away with things. If they can't bully they cancel. GO JOY!
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:10 PM
Oct 2016

My next wish is for a Trump anti-media screed with no media there to cover it.

Thinkingabout

(30,058 posts)
37. Honestly what can the surrogates say to defend Trump? Nothing, the banter excuse did not make the
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 12:19 PM
Oct 2016

words go away, Trump admitted to sexual assaults, nothing can change the behavior he has displayed in the past. His followers would allow him to rape and kill their mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts and grandmothers and not change their minds about him. I have to say some people do not need to be voting and I am all for voting, Trump has to be the dumbest selection for any office.

mascarax

(1,528 posts)
53. Who? did she say?
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 01:15 PM
Oct 2016

Wonder if Steve Cortes was one. How these people can go on and defend The Groper is beyond me.

LowerManhattanite

(2,391 posts)
56. This punk-*ss “boycott” is their way of pressuring NBC to make Joy go easy on 'em...
Sat Oct 15, 2016, 02:53 PM
Oct 2016

She's been a pit bull with these clowns, embarrassing them and mucking up their pre-rehearsed talking points. And the Trump “team”'s been upset with quite a few of the smarter hosts the last few days (Anderson Cooper especially, as his dam-breaking conversation with Trump at the debate AND his convo with Kellyanne Conway a few days later made them look terrible).

But they're taking their mad out on the cable show host who happens to be African American.

Hope they make sure to take their sippy-cups along with their blocks for the ride home with mommy in the minivan.

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