‘News’ Networks Donate Millions to Donald Trump By Racing to Air First TV Ad

Mediaite ^ | 4 Jan 2016 | Tommy Christopher

[mandaladon]

One of the big political stories of the holiday news dead zone was Donald Trump‘s stated intention to begin running millions of dollars worth of TV ads in Iowa and New Hampshire, but as it turns out, he needn’t have bothered. Early Monday morning, news outlets jumped at the chance to metaphorically paint Trump’s fence for him, but unlike Tom Sawyer‘s crowd-sourced work product, Trump’s will be used to keep Mexicans and Muslims at bay.

Trump promises to make Mexico pay for that wall, but if it ever gets built, America’s news networks will have pad for much of it in the form of millions on free advertising. First to grab Donald’s brass ring was CNN, which aired most of Trump’s first TV ad of the campaign hot off the presses at 5:30 am Eastern:

It doesn’t even appear that anchor John Berman even had a chance to watch the spot before it was aired, let alone make sure it didn’t say anything offensive like “let’s ban all Muslims” or something.

Next up was MSNBC, which proudly touted their airing as “the first time” the ad would be shown in its entirety. The Morning Joe crew reacted with amusement at the way Trump “rings all the bells”:

[mandaladon]

In fact, by the time Fox News got around to showing the ad, MSNBC was already on its second showing...............LOL

[exit82]

Honestly, I don t know. I think I m probably wasting the money, he said on an interview with CBS s Face The Nation. But I m $35 million under budget. Look, I was going to have 35 or 40 million spent by now. I haven t spent anything. I almost feel guilty. I think if you want to know the truth, Im doing the ads. I m leading by, as you all say, a lot.

So delicious.

Great ad--says it all in just 30 seconds.

[VanDeKoik]

Wrapped around his finger. LOL!

[Don Corleone]

The “Art of the Deal”!!!!!

[Georgia Girl 2]

Hysterical! Trump is one in a million.

[Stentor]

I have another another drooling red site to avoid clicking on.

[jpsb]

The Trump campaign is $30,000,000 under budget and on schedule lol.

[georgiegirl]

Trump will run ads, and the media will pay for it!! LOL

[TWhiteBear]

When Liberals whine and get snarky with each other, it makes me feel good.
And they are off to a great start with their response to Mr. Trumps first TV ad.
TWB

[GonzoII]

You can turn this (exagerated):

“ “Myra Belle “Sally” Miller — the 195”8 Miss Arkans”as who said in 19”92 that she had ”had an affair with Clin”ton in 1983. ”She claimed” that she” had been ”warned no”t to go public by a Demo”cratic” Party official: “They knew that I went jogg”ing by myself and he couldn’t guar”antee what would happen to my pr”etty little legs.” “

Into this:

"Myra Belle "Sally" Miller -- the 1958 Miss Arkansas who said in 1992 that she had had an affair with Clinton in 1983. She claimed that she had been warned not to go public by a Democratic Party official: "They knew that I went jogging by myself and he couldn't guarantee what would happen to my pretty little legs."

Real easy here:

Replace smart quotes with regular straight quotes

[mak5]

They created the “Trump” image, why wouldn’t they give him free publicity now?

[GOPJ]

It’s a news story guys... first ad by a guy who was never a politician until 9 months ago...

[Patriot Babe]

Gotta Love Donald for that! Free Advertising for his AD LOL

[TexasCajun]

Pls send your link to a few of the freepers that post the most.

Added keyword "smartquotes" to this thread.

Thanks for the link.

How hard would it be for FR to automatically run the program before a new thread gets posted?

[SunkenCiv]

For future reference, free means stuff you pay for, just like a tax cut is "welfare for the rich".

[RginTN]

Being a billionaire pays off.

[itsahoot]

Being a billionaire pays off.

There was an old move probably 30s or 40s where a poor guy got hold of $1,000.00 bill and lived like a king off credit, never having to cash the bill.

[RginTN]

Today having billions can get one free ad time

[GeaugaRepublican]

I love this. Trump gets the media to run his political ads for free. I haven’t really seen any other candidates ads.

Trump is not wasting the contributions that we sent him. The man knows how to squeeze a nickle.

[itsahoot]

Today having billions can get one free ad time

That is the way it has always worked, I have always played at the $2.00 window and don't begrudge them their window.