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I wonder if Trump's actions with Fox are an example of how the BIG MONEY interests kick the Lame Stream Media in line with their Leftist bias? Instead of pulling out from a debate, they threaten to pull out their advertising. This is the first time a presidential candidate has punished a network because of they made a remark not in keeping with their ideology:

"We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes presidentâ€”a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings."

I am not savvy to the advertising game. However, the potential is there for advertisers to pull their advertising if the potential loss of viewers is there because of Trump. That would be a harsh punishment for the above comment. Fox should apologize for it. It reminds me of President Ronald Reagan who said, at the Nashua, New Hampshire debate, "I'm paying for this microphone, Mr. Green!" When you think about it, Trump, because of his popularity, has generated a huge advertising revenue for Fox. He indeed would have paid for that microphone.

In the early 1990s a close relative of mine worked at the Atlantic City Press. Don Trump owned his casinos then and would run several full page ads 7 days per week in that paper.

The lefty writers couldnâ€™t control themselves and every now and then a Trump hit piece would be published. Don would immediately pull all advertising.

The publisher, wearing his suspenders, would then call a company meeting. Everyone was required to attend. He would explain the impact of the loss of revenue and scold the writer in front of everyone.

Within a few days the full page ads would appear again.

Don still responds the same way today. He hasnâ€™t changed a bit. It is very refreshing to see someone stand up to the left wing enemy media.