Ashtrays flying furious, fast and mostly hyper-sonic.
Posted on 03/09/2016 6:45:04 AM PST by McGruff
Millions of viewers tuned into to cable news networks during the prime 9 p.m. EST hour likely expecting to hear some candidate speeches. What they got, on CNN, Fox, and MSNBC, was one candidate talking for 45 minutes: Donald Trump.
All three networks stuck with Trump's long press conference even as it veered into sales pitches for his own product lines, despite the fact that Hillary Clinton, who had won the Mississippi primary in a landslide and was neck-and-neck in Michigan, spoke at the same time. They also mostly ignored Bernie Sanders' speech, which occurred in the 8 p.m. hour and John Kasich's speech, which happened during Trump's event.
Only MSNBC ran Clinton’s speech in its entirety after Trump finished. And neither Sanders, Kasich, nor any of the other candidates got anything more than snippets of air time.
That sparked an instant flutter of complaints on Twitter, and revived an uncomfortable issue: Did the networks, knowing that the often-unpredictable and blustery Trump draws a bigger audience, go with the better draw rather than cover the full political landscape?
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I can imagine ashtrays flying at the TV set.
Of chorus...
It was a very good Presser. Haven’t see anyone who can manage the press so well as Trump in a long time. Too bad he cannot just hold Pressers but has to go to Debates.
“All three networks stuck with Trump’s long press conference...despite the fact that Hillary Clinton...spoke at the same time.”
I guess they figure that the FBI investigation has already killed her campaign...so why bother.
People know and love The Donald: he is funny as hell and he never holds a boring press conference!
Turns out CNN, Faux and Ms.NBC are better at keeping secrets than Hitlery Rosenberg.
“I guess they figure that the FBI investigation has already killed her campaign...so why bother.”
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Ratings, ratings, ratings.
Trump is more entertaining and draws better audiences.
How long would you watch a Hillary speech? haha
Ashtrays flying furious, fast and mostly hyper-sonic.
Winner.
Trump was showing off steaks. One fell, and the poor hotel worker... They showed it on a replay on slo-mo. That steak will be offered to George Will, no doubt.
Let me pretend to be a network coordinator: hum, 45 minutes of entertainment or 45 minutes of cackles and hacking. Hum, what a choice. I think I will go with number one and hope for a bunch of stupid questions from the press.
Only in GOPe and rat homes
I don’t see what is wrong with this. I trust the media to pick our nominee.
/s
It was infomercial-like at times, but Trump was speaking from his own location/resort and was answering critics who say all his businesses have been failures ....
Trump was incoherent - jumping from one subject to another, bragging about himself, selling his stuff - everything about him or bashing Cruz, Rubio.
He needs to rest. And perhaps just use an outline for his speech. And 45 minutes? I turned it to another channel finally.
Butt-hurt much?
THANK GOD WE TAPE PROGRAMS WE WATCH SO WE WERE NOT SUBJECTED TO THE TRASH.
“45 minutes of cackles and hacking”
I can’t take 5 minutes. Every time she speaks on TV my filings hurt. Have to find the clicker and flip her off.
Trump has to be the most brilliant strategist we have seen in our lifetime running for office. He totally beat Hillary and her media with apparent ease. And he was on the three major cable news networks this morning. He is just incredible. And, then we have to sit and listen to Cruz repeat over and over and over his line that he is the only person who can beat Trump. You would think he would learn that he needs to run for something other than running against Trump personally. He is being out smarted like he is a small child.
I thoroughly enjoyed Trump last night - he’s got a good sense of humor & he handled the press masterfully. He didn’t let anyone off the hook (Romney, Cruz, Rubio, lobbyists, etc.) but he did it with more humor this time .... played well with me.
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