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bluesbassman

(19,373 posts) Mon Oct 3, 2016, 01:02 PM Oct 2016

Nice that NYT publishes Trump's tax return. Here's my question...

What the hell took you guys so long to start vetting him?

Yes, I know the form was just received but Trump is such a sleaze bag and there is literally mountains of paper and hours of audio/visual recordings documenting his bad behavior and it is such low hanging fruit that it is beyond comprehension that it has not occurred to you in the media to shine a light on this cockroach and send him scurrying back into the woodwork.

Trump is going to lose, I am confident of that. There will no doubt be many tomes written about the failure of the GOP in the 2016 presidential campaign. The book I will buy though, is the one that examines the media's role in allowing this charlatan, conman, and scoundrel to get anywhere near the Oval Office.

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Nice that NYT publishes Trump's tax return. Here's my question... (Original Post) bluesbassman Oct 2016 OP

For a very long time hardly anybody thought he'd win the nomination. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2016 #1

Yes, profit was certainly a huge motivation for the media. bluesbassman Oct 2016 #3

exactly niyad Oct 2016 #2

Repugs must have thought "October Surprises" only come from the right. brush Oct 2016 #4

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,693 posts)

1. For a very long time hardly anybody thought he'd win the nomination.

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Mon Oct 3, 2016, 01:06 PM

Oct 2016

He was just a carnival act. The pundits and the GOP big shots always figured one of the "respectable" candidates would eventually finish him off, so nobody bothered to vet him or do any serious oppo research until now. The media milked his success for all it was worth - it brought viewers/readers and therefore advertising revenue. It wasn't until the last few weeks that it started to dawn on them that a Trump presidency would be an absolute horror show for everybody - including them. So they've finally started doing what they should have done many months ago.

bluesbassman

(19,373 posts)

3. Yes, profit was certainly a huge motivation for the media.

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #1)

Mon Oct 3, 2016, 01:17 PM

Oct 2016

That they allowed that motivation to allow a man both singularly unqualified and extremely dangerous to get this close to the levers of power should be a wake up call. We shall see.

niyad

(113,304 posts)

2. exactly

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Mon Oct 3, 2016, 01:09 PM

Oct 2016

brush

(53,778 posts)

4. Repugs must have thought "October Surprises" only come from the right.

Reply to bluesbassman (Original post)

Mon Oct 3, 2016, 01:22 PM

Oct 2016

October is just right to give the story time to grow and sink into the voters' consciouness and give them enough time to make an informed decision as to who not to vote for.

Late campaign blockbusters like this are just about impossible to steer the undecided voters away from drawing a negative opinion of a candidate whose hypocrisy is do dramatically exposed.

In other words — WOOHOO!

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