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November 23, 2016
Come January 20 Groper Don the Con will become the landlord and tenant
of that DC hotel. Remember no rules apply.
November 23, 2016
So who exactly made Hillary suffer
- what was she going to be criminally charge with - it was all bull shit and lies
Fuck Groper Don the Con
November 22, 2016
So now he's off to Florida
He's sure advertising his properties for free - a grifter on steroids
November 22, 2016
Groper Don the Con's Tower
will we see similarities between there and the Tower of London?
November 22, 2016
Groper Don the Con does not intend
to follow a law, a rule, precedent or convention. He has no intention of giving up his businesses.
November 22, 2016
What time is the medal of Freedom ceremony and where can I watch it?
Thanks in advance
November 22, 2016
Word is that Groper Don the Con
has been begging Obama for help. Obama is way too nice. I'd tell him to go Cheney himself
November 22, 2016
<snip>
The TV channels feasted on tweeted Trumpisms with an alacrity that many observers found disturbing. According to a study by mediaQuant, Trump benefited from the equivalent of $5.2bn worth of free airtime from earned media, a quantity that the firms analysts said was almost surreal in sheer magnitude. In return, cable channels enjoyed a massive ratings spike.
TV was convulsed by other controversies, notably CNNs decision to employ Trumps former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski while he was still receiving severance payments from his old boss, and the embarrassment (also falling to CNN) of Democratic strategist Donna Brazile leaking questions from a town hall event in advance to the Clinton campaign. More red faces erupted at NBC when its Access Hollywood tape of Trumps lewd comments about women was leaked to the Washington Post after the network appeared to dither over broadcasting it.
But these difficulties, humiliating at times though they were, pale in comparison with the overarching charge that TV and to a lesser degree the press was indiscriminate for far too long in its handling of Trump, engaging with him more like the Apprentice reality TV star that he was than the US president that he wanted to become. During the primaries, cable news in particular CNN and Fox, and to some extent MSNBC gave Trump unhealthily generous, inflated coverage. That helped make him, says Margaret Sullivan, media columnist of the Washington Post.
It takes someone with the on-the-ground experience of John Weaver, chief strategist to Trumps rival John Kasich during the Republican primaries, to spell out the full impact of this media binge on the election. He believes it actively distorted the process, and even now, six months after Kasich dropped out of the race, you can still hear the fury in Weavers voice.
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I hope theres some deep introspection at the networks and cable channels over the billions of dollars of free coverage they gave to Donald Trump, often without holding him accountable for his bizarre claims. He is judged by such a low standard by many of the news media, its troubling to me.
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Long but worth the read
Trump v the media: did his tactics mortally wound the fourth estate?
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/nov/22/election-2016-donald-trump-media-coverage<snip>
The TV channels feasted on tweeted Trumpisms with an alacrity that many observers found disturbing. According to a study by mediaQuant, Trump benefited from the equivalent of $5.2bn worth of free airtime from earned media, a quantity that the firms analysts said was almost surreal in sheer magnitude. In return, cable channels enjoyed a massive ratings spike.
TV was convulsed by other controversies, notably CNNs decision to employ Trumps former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski while he was still receiving severance payments from his old boss, and the embarrassment (also falling to CNN) of Democratic strategist Donna Brazile leaking questions from a town hall event in advance to the Clinton campaign. More red faces erupted at NBC when its Access Hollywood tape of Trumps lewd comments about women was leaked to the Washington Post after the network appeared to dither over broadcasting it.
But these difficulties, humiliating at times though they were, pale in comparison with the overarching charge that TV and to a lesser degree the press was indiscriminate for far too long in its handling of Trump, engaging with him more like the Apprentice reality TV star that he was than the US president that he wanted to become. During the primaries, cable news in particular CNN and Fox, and to some extent MSNBC gave Trump unhealthily generous, inflated coverage. That helped make him, says Margaret Sullivan, media columnist of the Washington Post.
It takes someone with the on-the-ground experience of John Weaver, chief strategist to Trumps rival John Kasich during the Republican primaries, to spell out the full impact of this media binge on the election. He believes it actively distorted the process, and even now, six months after Kasich dropped out of the race, you can still hear the fury in Weavers voice.
Advertisement
I hope theres some deep introspection at the networks and cable channels over the billions of dollars of free coverage they gave to Donald Trump, often without holding him accountable for his bizarre claims. He is judged by such a low standard by many of the news media, its troubling to me.
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Long but worth the read
November 22, 2016
There is no Alt-Right
It is the old white supremacy movement - neo-Nazis and KKK morons.
November 22, 2016
So when will Governor Transgender concede that he lost
the Governorship in North Carolina. This is priceless - these fuckers have no shame.
He lost by more than 8,000 votes
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