> “So you can’t refute my point, can you? “
You have no point.
Fox News lost revenue because they are stupid. They lost much more than they would have by giving Trump’s veterans $5 million.
Donald brings revenues to them because of the ratings he brings. He brings tens upon tens of millions of dollars in revenue to them and he wanted a cut for his vets if they insisted on playing games with his candidacy. They were stupid so he decided they get nothing.
Ailes will be gone along with Kelly within a year.
Cruz’ backers could have given to vets and let Ted take the high road. But they showed they are just as stupid. Ted brings nearly nothing to the table in terms of ratings. Ted claims none of the revenues, Donald does.
My point remains.
He tried to force both networks to give him 5 million USD each, he got absolutely nothing. Not so powerful. Total fail.
In turn, another entity offered him 1.5 million USD in exchange for a debate, he brushed them off. He ended up leaving 1.5 million USD on the table that could have enriched his veteran’s causes.
If he was so serious about veteran’s causes, not only would he have a better record vis-a-vis his own charity’s donations towards veterans these past few years, he would have welcomed the opportunity for this debate to get another 1.5 million USD. For a cause that he says that he supports, he certainly left a lot of money on the table.
As far as ratings go, do you have a source for that? The ratings actually went up from the previous “debate” where Trump was actually present. IMO, there are too many debates and people are getting tired of them. The rating went up because viewers wanted to see what would happen when Trump wasn’t poisoning the well.
Seriously, do you want to see a Presidential election decided based on television ratings, a la Kardashian? Personally I believe TV views are pedestrian. I would rather see it decided based on the informed.