Posted on 07/07/2017 7:01:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
'Good publicity is preferable to bad,' said Donald Trump in his best-selling book Art of the Deal, 'but from a bottom-line perspective, bad publicity is sometimes better than no publicity at all. Controversy, in short, sells.'
Never has this mantra seemed more appropriate than today.
Trump's savagely personal assault on the US mainstream media - aka the MSM - in the past week has ignited a firestorm of controversy and bad publicity.
It began when he tweeted that MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' host Mika Brzezinski was 'low IQ crazy Mika' and claimed she had been 'bleeding badly from a face-lift' during a New Year's Eve visit to Mar-a-Lago, his Florida resort.
This was obviously a grotesquely offensive thing for the President of the United States to publicly state about anyone.
To say it about a woman, any woman, also smacks of crass misogyny.
But before we martyr poor Ms Brzezinksi too fervently, it is worth pointing out that she herself is no innocent little lamb in the personal abuse stakes.
The reason for Trump's tirade was that she spent the previous day's 'Morning Joe' repeatedly mocking him for his 'teensy hands'.
In fact, she devotes a lot of her time to ridiculing Trump for the way he looks and behaves.
And let's not be naïve here, she does it knowing full well that Trump will eventually retaliate, and when he does, she and her show will dominate the news for a few days and get a substantial ratings boost.
Those increased ratings lead to increased profits.
Controversy, in short, sells.....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Maybe, but I don’t know. I avoid news, including Fox. Its like nails on chalkboard. I wonder how many others are tuning out.
Piers left the US to insult the US in Britain. Get lost leftist retard. PS: go see a dentist.
>Dirtier the fight gets between Trump and media the more they BOTH seem to gain<
Yeah, right you poofter. You guys keep on winning.
I doubt the Marxist Stream Media is gaining much as the polls show they are believed less than used car salesmen and convicted rapists. Even less believable is Piss Moh-gun, a third world reject in his own country and the US.
Low IQ, crazy Mika has not refuted the charge.
To say it about a woman, any woman, also smacks of crass misogyny.
Oh the horror.
It's bad to say it about anyone, but about a WOMAN
also smacks of crass misogyny.
Hmmmm...seems to me, even bringing up the fact that she's a woman and needs special treatment seems rather...
...misogynistic.
She had been attacking him on her tv program...NOT to his face
He RESPONDED in kind.
Look at the full title in post #1.
The media is gaining? Stop smoking that stuff you’re making a fool of yourself.
The media is gaining? Stop smoking that stuff you’re making a fool of yourself.
The media is gaining? Stop smoking that stuff you’re making a fool of yourself.
The media is gaining? Stop smoking that stuff you’re making a fool of yourself.
The media is gaining? Stop smoking that stuff you’re making a fool of yourself.
The media is gaining? Stop smoking that stuff you’re making a fool of yourself.
The media is gaining? Stop smoking that stuff you’re making a fool of yourself.
Look at Post #1 for the full title of the article.
As I tell my children all the time, “It takes two.” Both are getting what they want. The notion that they’re in conflict is just to snooker the rubes.
It’s the british tabloid news press (and Piers Morgan) that actually gains.
Always look on the sidelines to see who’s pushing adversaries together.
see South Park: Tweek vs Craig
“Lets you and him fight.”
Somebody needs to ask CNN how much they have “gained”. LOL.
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