The last gasps of the Stop Trump Movement produced some theatrics at the Republican National Convention this afternoon. There is no real danger of Trump's nomination being stopped, but it did look like the Stop Trump movement had met the threshold to hold a roll call vote to change the convention rules to unbind delegates and let them vote their own conscience. The RNC refused to allow the formal vote (such a vote almost certainly would have been defeated anyway).
Not exactly the high drama and stakes of "Julian Bond! Julian Bond!", but interesting, and gave the TV news channels something to do. Though, I don't think they did it very well. Maybe because they have had so little experience doing real reporting, the cable news coverage I saw (mostly MSNBC and some CNN) mostly featured floor reporters who not seem to understand very much of what was going on, and were learning stuff as the viewers were. Yes, this was a breaking story, but it was also foreseeable, and had been for many weeks, so a little preparation would have helped them do a better job. Also noticed that one MSNBC reporter, who looked to be in his 20s or maybe early 30s, did not understand the reference when former US Senator Gordon Humphrey called the RNC officials "Brown Shirts". Made me yearn for "This is John Chancellor, reporting from somewhere in custody" http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/anti-trump-group-claims-signatures-force-roll-call/story?id=40673487 -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
