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April 2, 2020
The media needs to stop calling them "briefings". They're not. They're campaign presentations.
When people praise a political candidate, that's a campaign spot.
When a candidate boasts about their record, their skills, their talents, their accomplishments, whatever, that's a campaign spot.
When political donors get praised and get airtime and recognition, that's a campaign event. In fact, it *has* to be a campaign event, because of it's an official event, then the officeholder is trading official acts for private gain, which is unethical if not illegal.
The network airtime should be considered a contribution-in-kind to Donnie's campaign.
Better yet, they should just ignore this crap, or give equal time to Biden.
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