Is Trump trying to eradicate TV network news and make his voice the only voice?

[jimmyzvoice]

Has anyone else noticed that lately, Trump is scheduling his pressers to preempt the news on the major TV networks?

Sunday, he preempted all the networks for his presser at 5:30 PM Eastern Time. I am sure NBC had gone through a lot of effort to prepare comprehensive coverage of the COVID 19 pandemic. Many of their reporters are working from home and they are struggling to do their jobs. But, Sunday, it was all wiped away by Trump’s presser. CBS was smart enough to go back to regular programming a 7:00 for their “60 minutes” program and their own COVID coverage.

On Monday, Trump again preempted programming just before 5:30 PM Eastern. Fortunately, NBC wised up and returned to their regular programming, and the evening news at 5:30.

It looks like Trump wants to make his voice the only voice concerning COVID 19 issues.

[empedocles]

1. trump is 'testing', to see what he can get away with

[spanone]

2. Dictators have to manipulate the news.

[NRaleighLiberal]

3. Only if you watch it. turn off the tv, use the internet.

don't give him eyeballs to validate his appearances.

[hangaleft]

4. I doubt Trump is trying to make himself the sole source of information

That’s how totalitarian regimes operate, and I’m sure Trump has no intention of turning us into a dictatorship with him as permanent head of state.

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[Moostache]

5. It is already a week past time to ignore him

It is clear that there is NO FEDERAL response plan at all, just a shitheel trying to control a narrative that he does not understand and is incapable of internalizing. Fuck him...he has no real purpose in saving lives...

[magicarpet]

6. trDumpie TV....

** It is like a re-election Nazi Rally, except the networks pay for it, it does not cost him one red penny.

** It is a TV ratings game for him. Dobbs, Hannity, Judge Jeannie, and Carlson get to see how a TV master plays the airwaves to score big, really big, bigly big ratings.

** With all the experts behind him and this babble babble fest he hopes to erase his initial fucked up shit show response, make people forget all that, then fabricate and lie about what a good job team trDumpie is doing now.

It is working, this con man knows how to play the media game. His political favor-ability numbers are stable and improving.

Besides he gets a hard on when ever he sees his face on the television, and inflates his ego to the point of burst. Some say this brings upon him the warm glow of self ejaculation too.

[JHB]

7. Yes. Dictators always try to be the only voice heard...

...and he so badly wants to be one. It's what he's used to from running Trump Org.

[highplainsdem]

8. I think he's trying for higher ratings and pre-empting the evening news helps with that.

Keeping real news from being broadcast is the icing.

[VOX]

12. THIS. Trump's obsessed with crowd-counts and ratings.

To the point where, if the crowds are light, he LIES and inflates the actual number.

[sinkingfeeling]

9. I think so.

[customerserviceguy]

10. He's been masterful

and sucking all of the oxygen out of the room for many years. It's how he beat over a dozen GOP challengers that were far more qualified than him.

About all I see out of Joe Biden these days are press releases.

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

11. It's also about the stock market

Trump had been doing these briefings earlier in the day because he thought his great oratorical assurances (lies) would cause big afternoon rallies on Wall Street. But he was actually causing big afternoon drops.

So that's another reason he moved them to a later time, after the stock market has closed for the day.