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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is the media showering Howard Schultz with free airtime?
merica is the only place in the world where any citizen over the age of 35 can run for president. No experience in government necessary. No support from a political party necessary. You dont even have to have any ideas or policy proposals.
Take Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks whose most notable achievement to date has been the Mocha Frappucinno.
On Tuesday, CNN made Schultz a Serious Presidential Candidate by giving him an hour-long town hall in which he fielded questions from an audience.
Why did CNN do this? Because Schultz is worth over $3.6bn.
n todays America, someone with this much money can buy so much advertising and self-promotion that he automatically becomes a SPC just by virtue of wanting the job and having the capacity to self-finance a campaign.
Ironically, CNN and other major media are giving Schultz free media now because he can afford an almost infinite amount of paid media later.
Take Howard Schultz, the former CEO of Starbucks whose most notable achievement to date has been the Mocha Frappucinno.
On Tuesday, CNN made Schultz a Serious Presidential Candidate by giving him an hour-long town hall in which he fielded questions from an audience.
Why did CNN do this? Because Schultz is worth over $3.6bn.
n todays America, someone with this much money can buy so much advertising and self-promotion that he automatically becomes a SPC just by virtue of wanting the job and having the capacity to self-finance a campaign.
Ironically, CNN and other major media are giving Schultz free media now because he can afford an almost infinite amount of paid media later.
[link:https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/16/presidential-candidate-howard-schultz-trump|
Buying democracy????? An oxymoron if I ever saw one.
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Why is the media showering Howard Schultz with free airtime? (Original Post)
Soph0571
Feb 2019
OP
Media sees him as entertainment, big source of profits. So says 's$$w democracy'!!
bobbieinok
Feb 2019
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Quemado
(1,262 posts)1. Corporate American media wants his message out, plus he probably paid for it.
IMO, CNN did not give him free media; he paid for it.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)2. I disagree with your last sentence/assessment...
Only *broken* democracies can be bought. Ours is broken, but I still have faith it can be fixed.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)3. Media sees him as entertainment, big source of profits. So says 's$$w democracy'!!
I'm beginning to think media moguls really, really hate democracy.
2naSalit
(86,524 posts)4. Free coffee?
lame54
(35,283 posts)6. For years he sponsored Morning Joe...
Remember how much free time they gave Trump?
2naSalit
(86,524 posts)7. I do, even though I don't
even have a teevee and never watch that program when I live stream. I've seen a few stills from the show and there was always a coffee cup with the name showing, pretty obvious.
Empowerer
(3,900 posts)5. I don't mind. He's such a hot mess, I'm glad he's being exposed early