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To: Pox
"So, what's your point? "

My "point" is three-fold. First, it's clear from the headlines I posted that those same media long knives are out for Trump, too. I think it's also instructive to examine why Trump has (perhaps momentarily) broken through and Palin hasn't. Trump's media skills are exponentially greater than Palin's.

Where Trump isn't only not afraid to engage a hostile interviewer, he seems to relish it. Palin, not so much. In fact, she won't go on a show that isn't hosted by FNC. That says something.

My last point is that there are a half-dozen Republican candidates that would like just a fraction of the media buzz that has been bestowed on either Trump or Palin - Pawlenty would push his own mother down a flight of stairs if he thought it could get him a page 1 headline, just for a day. It wouldn't.

The media loves a good circus. Trump is just another side-show act in that big, media circus.

79 posted on 04/16/2011 12:32:42 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand
Your first two points are nonsense. Trump is in no way, currently, being treated as bad as Mrs. Palin has been over the last 2+ years, and that's a fact.

Mrs. Palin has been fighting the “good fight” for over 2+ years, and where has Trump been during that time? Since Mrs. Palin has never been treated as “fairly” as Trump, and that being a completely relative statement, what incentive does she have, at this point, to expose herself to yet more blatantly hostile venues? The comparison is apples to oranges at this point in time.

The MSM is cashing in on Trump's outspokenness, but there is more to their agenda than simply money and I don't find it too difficult to “read between the lines”.

88 posted on 04/16/2011 12:44:12 PM PDT by Pox (Good Night. I expect more respect tomorrow.)
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