My primary issue with the report was that it contained no new information -- what might otherwise be called news. It was critical of him, but it cited bankruptcies and related stupidities from years ago... file footage would have revealed that. And he seemed agitated in the interview, only he doesn't really get agitated by interviews, which means he was putting on a Sarah Palin style show to deminstrate to the tea baggers that the media is out to get him.
On Tuesday, April 19, 2011, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is the problem: as a journalist, you *can't* ignore him. The fact > that there are reputable polls showing that, at this moment, he's the > leading "candidate" for the GOP nomination means that he's become a > very legitimate story. However, there are lots of angles that show the > spectacular phoniness of this, which appears to be what happened in > the broadcast tonight. > > Sunshine is often the best disinfectant. Are there areas I'd like the > media en masse to focus those rays on (like, oh, the fact the US > government has decided that it, and only it, can control the Internet > and arbitrarily shut down websites without so much as a due process > hearing, even if said website is operated in an outside country)? Of > course. But I'll take the baby steps at this moment. > > On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 10:10 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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 -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- 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
