Why I Blame TV for Trump
"This must be such a relief for the TV executives managing a business in decline, suffering from a thousand cuts from social media and other new platforms. Trump arrived on the scene as a kind of manna from hell. "
"In fact, Trump’s exposure has been three times greater than that of Cruz and Kasich combined. He received 50 percent of the exposure when there were more than a dozen candidates-a percentage that has only grown. Of course, by now, you’ve all also read the figure of close to $2 billion worth of free media the New York Times cited for Trump’s TV bonanza. And that story was back in March. No campaign’s advertising budget can compete.
So yes, I believe Trump’s candidacy is largely a creation of a TV media that wants him, or needs him, to be the central character in this year’s political drama. And it’s not just the network and cable executives driving it. The TV anchors and senior executives who don’t deliver are mercilessly ousted. The ones who do deliver are lavishly rewarded. I know from personal experience that it is common practice for TV anchors to have substantial bonuses written into their contracts if they hit ratings marks. With this 2016 presidential soap opera, they are almost surely hitting those marks. So, we get all Trump, all the time.
It is not just the wall-to-wall coverage of Trump. It’s the openness with which some are reveling in his attention."
Why I Blame TV for Trump
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/2016-donald-trump-blame-tv-cable-news-media-campbell-brown-campaign-cnn-fox-msnbc-213839
This only covers half of it, of course. What party do you think most of these "journalists", producers, and media heads are members of? They are Democrats, "NY Values" Democrats.
Imagine the bounty handed to them with Trump.
* Ratings.
* Personal profit in many cases.
* And a candidate that is almost certain to lose to the Democrat. Trump is Nolan's/Ledger's Joker. "Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just... do.. things."
Trump longs to be President because he can then make the power people of the world who won't take him seriously let him into their club. The only thing Trump cares about is Trump. Other than that he's a mainly clueless overgrown child and nut, as just about any media interview ever illustrates. (Reminder: Trump spent a decade pretending to be his own spokesman, John Barron.)
The Democrat media is going to have a ratings bonanza field day tearing him down off the monument they've erected to him, all to put Hillary, Bernie, or Biden in the White House. Worse, Trump, a NY liberal, will probably love it.
If only we weren't such an idiocracy that so many fall for it.
"In fact, Trump’s exposure has been three times greater than that of Cruz and Kasich combined. He received 50 percent of the exposure when there were more than a dozen candidates-a percentage that has only grown. Of course, by now, you’ve all also read the figure of close to $2 billion worth of free media the New York Times cited for Trump’s TV bonanza. And that story was back in March. No campaign’s advertising budget can compete.
So yes, I believe Trump’s candidacy is largely a creation of a TV media that wants him, or needs him, to be the central character in this year’s political drama. And it’s not just the network and cable executives driving it. The TV anchors and senior executives who don’t deliver are mercilessly ousted. The ones who do deliver are lavishly rewarded. I know from personal experience that it is common practice for TV anchors to have substantial bonuses written into their contracts if they hit ratings marks. With this 2016 presidential soap opera, they are almost surely hitting those marks. So, we get all Trump, all the time.
It is not just the wall-to-wall coverage of Trump. It’s the openness with which some are reveling in his attention."
Why I Blame TV for Trump
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/04/2016-donald-trump-blame-tv-cable-news-media-campbell-brown-campaign-cnn-fox-msnbc-213839
This only covers half of it, of course. What party do you think most of these "journalists", producers, and media heads are members of? They are Democrats, "NY Values" Democrats.
Imagine the bounty handed to them with Trump.
* Ratings.
* Personal profit in many cases.
* And a candidate that is almost certain to lose to the Democrat. Trump is Nolan's/Ledger's Joker. "Do I really look like a guy with a plan? You know what I am? I’m a dog chasing cars. I wouldn’t know what to do with one if I caught it! You know, I just... do.. things."
Trump longs to be President because he can then make the power people of the world who won't take him seriously let him into their club. The only thing Trump cares about is Trump. Other than that he's a mainly clueless overgrown child and nut, as just about any media interview ever illustrates. (Reminder: Trump spent a decade pretending to be his own spokesman, John Barron.)
The Democrat media is going to have a ratings bonanza field day tearing him down off the monument they've erected to him, all to put Hillary, Bernie, or Biden in the White House. Worse, Trump, a NY liberal, will probably love it.
If only we weren't such an idiocracy that so many fall for it.