Posted on 10/12/2016 10:14:24 AM PDT by AmusedBystander
NBC execs had a plan to time the release of the Donald Trump audio to have maximum impact on both the 2nd presidential debate and the general election ... sources connected with the network tell TMZ.
Multiple sources connected with NBC tell us ... top network execs knew about the video long before they publicly said they did, but wanted to hold it because it was too early in the election. The sources say many NBC execs have open disdain for Trump and their plan was to roll out the tape 48 hours before the debate so it would dominate the news cycle leading up to the face-off.
As we reported, Billy Bush was bragging about the tape -- in front of NBC execs at the Rio Olympics -- in early August. NBC says it's only known about the tape for a little more than a week.
We're told the plan was to edit the tape to keep the focus on Trump and not Billy. "Access Hollywood" we're told was not going to air the portion where Trump and Billy got off the bus and Billy goaded Trump and the soap star to hug. Our sources say the tape was going to be "sanitized" to protect Billy as much as possible.
Case in point ... after The Washington Post ran the story, 'Access' aired their footage and cut out the parts where Billy looked worse -- saying things like, "Jeez! Your girl's hot as s*** in the purple!"
We've told you the plan got derailed by Hurricane Matthew. Execs decided the wall-to-wall coverage of the storm would mess up the plan to dominate the news with the Trump tape, so they were going to hold it until Monday. It didn't sit well with some staffers who wanted it out pre-debate, so it was leaked to the Washington Post.
As one source put it, "NBC really screwed Billy. They had no problem with him on the tape 'till it got leaked." The source goes on to say there was never a peep about disciplining Billy until the full tape got leaked.
And this is the best they have?
Look at the firestorm of BILL IS A RAPIST that came out afterwards
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Whoa!! Is Harvey a conservative? TMZ is huge.
If they were going to hold the tape, they should have waited until after the election.
Aren’t there laws against colluding to throw an election?
Whoa!! Is Harvey a conservative? TMZ is huge.
I think if Trump loses our next move will be clear—total boycott of all network TV, not just individually, but as a political movement.
If they take us down we will have to reciprocate.
The tree of liberty sure is looking pretty dry these days.
as if we need more. Only one thing will change our country, we really need to hit bottom. When Democrats and Independents who have guns have them taken away, when dems and I's have to wait 6months for a doctors apt under single payer etc THEN, they will wake up.
If we can boycott the nfl effectively, then we can also boycott nbc.
Aside from that little turd Billy Bush getting screwed, looks like everything went according to plan.
At this point it all boils down to this:
With all that is known about the top-to-bottom corruption in the Media, the Clinton Machine, Government, and Crony-Capitalists, if in spite of all that the American people elect Hillary Clinton next month, the people richly deserve what’s coming.
I agree. War is being declared against the MSM. Every economic vehicle we will used to dismantle them. They have severely underestimated the power of the people.
Aren’t there laws against colluding to throw an election?
And if so, they should be punished. I wish we could affect the liberal media in some way. They think they are too big to fail. Also freedom of the press, etc. No ethics, just freedoms.
Like him or loathe him, but Ted Cruz warned about this during the primary. He said the media was holding back on what they had on Trump till after the convention.
Was reading on another gossipy site that Billy might sue NBC over this. You know it wasn’t him or the Bushes who sat on this, they’d have used it to try to save Jeb! in the primaries. The more the story becomes about the dishonest media the better for Trump.
Corruption...collusion between media and democrats...a rigged system! Only one man trying to stop it.
NBC News used to mean something. It used to stand for news integrity.
The peacock weeps tonight :-(
I doubt conservative. But even though his audience is very left wing, their coverage has been fairer to Trump than all of the other media including FOX.
It's eye opening that an entertainment site has more "hard" news than the actual "news" organizations do.
I have not watched any TV news for decades. I was a college student when I just knew CBS and the others where trying to lose the Vietnam War. I do not trust any of them. The only time I have the local news on is when there is a storm alert out. I kinda like to know if a tornado is headed my way. I am funny that way.
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