On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 7:08 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote:
> Salon today had a item on the question "How long can Trump keep going > without revealing his finances?" The answer: well into next year. > > Salon.com: http://goo.gl/OrAOv > > Kevin: given what I'd call a pretty slow news day as of 6:30 PM ET, I > think it works, especially if there was some digging done by NBC. You > can argue if you want about the theory of whether those resources > could be better used, but from the perspective of a network news > broadcast trying to figure a rundown, I have no qualms about it. > Moreover if, as it sounds from Kevin's description, the piece was critical of Trump, running the story adds credibility to NBC News, in that it is willing to reports the warts on a performer on its own network (though I suppose at this point there literally is no way to lower Trump's credibility, so any media attention he gets is really just pimping his show). I pretty much agree with Kevin though - the best treatment for Trump is to ignore him - if the news was slow today, they could have used the time to run an in depth profile on one of the real candidates for the Republican nomination. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
