Posted on 03/02/2016 5:08:54 AM PST by Kaslin
For many years now, the liberal media have lamented that our democracy is badly compromised by a rapacious band of billionaires manipulating government policy and elections and frustrating the will of the people. Just four years ago, the networks became a megaphone for the Occupy Wall Street argument that the "99 percent" were tired of being dominated by the "1 percent."
So when Donald Trump, America's best-known brand name for rapacious billionaire, decided to run for president, one might have expected these Occupier sympathizers would clearly wonder if his entire campaign was a grand conspiracy by the so-called "ruling class."
What we've seen is entirely the opposite.
These supposed opponents of "Big Money" dominating our democracy have spent month after month giving the lion's share of their political coverage to the billionaire reality TV host. Through Feb. 25, Trump's presidential campaign has received 923 minutes of coverage on the ABC, CBS and NBC evening newscasts, nearly five times given to Ted Cruz (205 minutes) and seven times the amount of coverage provided to Marco Rubio (139 minutes).
The tone of Trump coverage is routinely negative. But it still plays into Trump's strategy of saying outrageous things to starve the other candidates of any oxygen from the establishment press. The billionaire pledged to self-fund his campaign but has spent little. It's being fueled almost entirely by free TV airtime.
But there's one thing Trump doesn't want covered, and again the networks are complying. In that overflowing tank of news hours, only amount (14 minutes, or 1.5 percent of Trump's total) were spent talking about Trump's past record of support for liberal positions and liberal politicians. Put that number in this perspective: Twice as much time was devoted to Trump's negative comments about Fox News host Megyn Kelly. Almost an hour was dedicated to Trump's proposed (temporary) ban on Muslim immigration.
Until he decided to run for the GOP nomination last year, Trump was no one's idea of a Republican contender, in philosophy, actions or even party label. He called himself a Democrat. He donated large amounts to liberal Democrats, from Sen. Chuck Schumer to the Clintons. He championed Planned Parenthood, tax increases and single-payer socialist health care. He seemed to take all the stomach-churning negatives about Mitt Romney in 2012 -- the elitist background and the past liberal record -- and multiply them exponentially.
But now, surprising everyone from liberal journalists to conservative stalwarts, he's seen as the best bet to clinch the Republican nomination. This is hardly unhappy news to liberals at the moment. The latest CNN poll shows Trump losing to Hillary Clinton by eight points and to Bernie Sanders by 12. Trump's unfavorable numbers hover around 60 percent of the electorate. If that number doesn't improve, he's unelectable, period.
Naturally, the media refuse to accept blame for the current state of the race. NBC political director Chuck Todd wouldn't accept the reality that the media "enabled his rise." He argued instead "the media has also provided all the material that normally a campaign would want to put together an attack against Trump." So blame the other GOP candidates, not the media.
It used to be said that when the GOP field is winnowed from 17 to about six, Trump would no longer dominate. Wrong. On the night before Super Tuesday voting, the networks obsessed over Trump with more than 15 minutes of coverage, compared to just two for Rubio and less than a minute for Cruz.
The accusation should be made. The liberal media want this vulnerable, blabby billionaire with the high unfavorable numbers to be the Republican nominee.
I sense butt hurt.
I listened to Trump’s Press Conference yesterday evening.
Bozell must not have listened before he wrote this.
Talk about a reach. Shove it, Brent Bozo.
Uh-oh. Now Brent Bozell will feel the wrath and vitriol of the idol-worshipping Trump supporters.
And yes, I will be voting for Trump in November if he is the nominee — but I’ll be holding my nose and praying that Divine Providence leads him down the proper path to restore American liberty (something he never talks about, I’ve noticed.)
Those are high negatives.
I’m just scratching my head wondering how that could be. What a mystery.
It’s pretty obvious that Trump is who the media wants. In the last debate, Blitzer was running interference for him.
These estabmediatypes will be looking for a job come November.Run bitches
Quote:
“Those are high negatives.
I’m just scratching my head wondering how that could be. What a mystery.”
In 2008: (numbers are rounded)
Democrats who voted in Primary: 8,500,000.
Republicans: 5,000,000.
In 2016:
Democrats who voted in Primary: 5,000,000.
Republicans: 8,500,000.
Do you think those record number of enthusiastic Republican voters came out to vote for Ted Cruz? Jeb? Marco Roboto?
This “electability”/”high negatives” meme is just Ruling Class propaganda and has no bearing on November’s outcome. Especially since one of the candidates is under investigation by the FBI and could be indicted.
20% dems which is a very high number have crossed over in a spoiler to ensure a hildabeast win. The usual is 5%.
Stupid dickweed, adding (not everyone wants Trump get over it) to every article title you post.
Seriously, what grade are you in?
The media has been with Trump throughout this campaign. They made him a celebrity in the first place, and now he gives them something different to cover during this campaign season.
The problem with Bozell is he’s a conservative. They want smaller government, the rule of law, a strong national defense, respect for the religious beliefs of the American people that’s demonstrated by an example that’s not shameful (not a casino owner, not a TV reality star, not a strip club owner, not a thrice-married wife sucker with a nude model wife), and capitalism without government choosing the winners. Trump is for new age conservatism, an antithesis of traditional conservatism. He’s the zeitgeist conservatism disconnect from our heritage and dedicated to his only principle, the love of Trump.
I believe the terminology I chose effectively describes the mind set of the author and many of his colleagues.
Maybe if the “Conservative media” dropped these sort of emotional personal attack drama queen posting and tried to make a fact based rational argument FOR their candidate, their candidate might have better success at the voting booth.
Trump is a plant by the Democrat media to ensure that this election will have two Democrats running against each other in the presidential race in Nov. The media has pulled off the perfect coup.
How do you make a “fact based rational argument FOR their candidate” when their candidate is a smarmy, sonorous, lying weasel with little to no personal appeal or charisma?
I have heard this theory a lot lately.
Technically, two candidates are under investigation and could be indicted. One by the FBI, and one by the New York State Attorney General.
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