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.
Harvey is a gay Republican, much to the chagrin of the queens over at the Data Lounge.
What the media used is not even that big of a deal. It’s the fact that they planned and orchestrated with the election process that is the issue.
There needs to be a separation between the media and the state. (like Church and state)
Yes, but those are only for peasants.
And it's not like this was a felony Conspiracy, also, which would be covered by more than several serious federal statutes.
Oh, wait - it WAS a violation of federal Conspiracy laws.
Well, maybe there was no "intent". Yeah, that's it! THAT'S the ticket!
Is NBC covering this Black son of Bill that just wants to meet his dad who sent $700 cash a month until Hillary had it stopped forcing little Danny into foster care?
What Cruz didn't tell you was that the Media had all sorts of stuff on young Amanda Carpenter & his Tedliness. :)
Indeed! I quit watching the network news long ago... I record everything anyway so I can fast forward commercials or deluded talking heads on what I do watch.
RICO....................
Why we must ALL vote for Hillary:
click on the pic to have your mind changed about Her Thighness. :)
I think I pulled a muscle laughing so hard.!
Sorry, MEG! :)
It was worth it!
;o)
I saw an article earlier where Clinton’s hatchet man was accusing WikiLeaks of dropping their stuff to get the video out of the headlines....that is world class projection there.
You don’t have to go too far,look at CA.
NBC to Billy: “You F***** Up. You trusted us.”
RICO indeed ... actually we need a big Nuremberg-style show trial against all the major media.
yeah, i was taken aback a little.
But he never seemed to me to be the kind of wuss that would vote dem.
Although I STILL assumed he was a big one because he’s on a show like TMZ
Trump mentioned at rally other night he would be going after media in office. And he will inevitably anyway because they will get worse when he wins. These libtard nuts live in a vacuum and will be calling for his execution.
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