If I thought Trump TV would be a conservative network, I'd agree with you, but consider a network branded to Trump's whims, just like his campaign. No ideology, no concrete principles or values... let Trump be Trump. To me, it is media hell, but millions of Americans are currently buying what he's selling. If even a fraction of them, say 5 percent, literally buy his media, it would beat most of the competing cable networks.
People forget Ailes is not a staunch conservative either, he's a pragmatist. He oversaw CNBC's evening talk lineup with Tom Snyder, Phil Donahue, and a then liberal Geraldo Rivera, among others. His baby, the America's Talking network -- despite its flaws -- was a mix of political views. He ultimately aligned FoxNews with the GOP, modeling it after AM talk radio, which is far more successful with conservative voices than liberal ones. We define success a number of ways. Trump could define such a network as a success, even if the rest of us saw it as a failure. On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 3:05 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> I agree with PGage on this one. If all Trump had was a rickety soapbox to >> stand on, he'd use it to stroke his ego and spout off, Alex Jones style. >> >> It is not a stretch to imagine Trump and Roger Ailes collaborating to >> establish -- not just a TV station -- but a media network, with streaming >> online content, books, "Harvest Crusade" style gatherings, and on and on. A >> modern "old boys" club... a legal hate group. >> >> >> On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, PGage <[email protected] >> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: >> >>> I see. So the argument is not that he can't do a web-based Trump TV, but >>> that it is not what he wants, because it could not challenge the media big >>> boys. >>> >>> I am not so sure about that though. Yes, he has a bigely and fragile >>> ego, but I think that what that ego wants is not so much to challenge Fox >>> News in terms of ratings, revenue or net profits, but to challenge Fox >>> News, (and Limbaugh and National Review and Drudge) in terms of influence >>> and leadership in the conservative movement. If Trump could say in 4 years >>> that nobody can get the GOP nomination without coming on his network, and >>> maybe even getting his endorsement, I think he would be happy. >>> >> > I'm going to continue to disagree. Trump is not a member of the > conservative movement. He's not on the same page as the writers of the > Weekly Standard and National Review and he has no respect for the leaders > of the movement or their institutions. What he knows about the issues he > knows from talk radio and FNC pundits. To a narcissist failure comes from > the betrayal of those around him. Trump will come out of this election with > a deep grudge against the Republican Party for not giving him the > full-throated endorsement he needed to bring him a victory. He will look at > other donor groups like executives from financial services and insurance > who did not donate to his campaign and he will hold a grudge against them > as well. > > He also knows he is losing his metaphorical megaphone as well. The cable > news channels are not going to ask his opinions on topics of the day when > there are active office holders and pundits out there. He is not going to > hold rallies for tens of thousands of people any more. They backed a loser > and will move on to find the next charismatic leader. And he has become > toxic to anybody who is not one of his followers. > > When the election is over and the hoopla has died down, Trump is going to > have to deal with the upcoming Trump University trial, the misuse of funds > from his foundation, the accusations of predatory sexual behavior, etc. His > brand and properties will probably take a huge hit from the backlash. I > don't see him putting in the effort to get a shoestring online media > operation off the ground. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... 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