Donald Trump may be in deep trouble: The press is finally figuring out how to cover the “billionaire

[inanna]

Sunday, Jun 5, 2016 04:30 PM EST

After accruing $2 billion in free coverage, the GOP nominee faces real questions about his sham university and more

Do my eyes deceive me, or are cable TV reporters — like drivers who’ve taken a wrong turn and suddenly pull off the road to take a good hard look at the GPS — recalculating their approach to Donald Trump?

Wouldn’t it be pretty to think so? A swerve in the mainstream TV approach is long overdue. As I wrote recently at The Washington Post, Trump benefited from many easy months of piling up attention while emitting pungent sound bites and swatting away demurrers like flies.

By one assessment, he accrued $2 billion in free media through February alone. He sidestepped questions as artfully as Stephen Curry sidesteps defenders from 3-point range. Follow-up questions were as perfunctory as coughs. He strewed non sequiturs about like party favors, expecting — realistically — that no one would probe to take listeners deeper. He left fact-checkers in the dust as he rattled off falsehoods faster than Google could keep up. He knew he could wait out reporters asking their one-liner questions, for they would champ at the bit to break for commercials or to change the subject themselves.

But there are some welcome signs of improvement. In recent days, the questions are coming thicker and faster, though not necessarily deeper. It may well be that some reporters feeling chagrined that a candidate so indifferent to fact and impervious to correction (“thousands of Muslims” in New Jersey cheered on 9/11, “There is no drought” in California; it would be tedious to go on) has fared so well in the Republican campaign and in polls.

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Link: http://www.salon.com/2016/06/05/donald_trump_is_in_deep_trouble_the_press_is_finally_figuring_out_how_to_cover_the_billionaire_boor_partner/

[femmocrat]

1. It didn't change until he insulted their own at that press conference.

I have said this before..... Imagine if they had been so outraged when he was insulting everyone else. They could have spared us months of his disgusting presence and someone else might have become the nominee.

[Bluenorthwest]

2. If Americans were outraged by politicians insulting others there would be no Republican Party.

nt

[PearliePoo2]

3. Trump called them sleaze bags to their face on live TV.

He told a reporter, "you're a real piece of work. " "CBS...yeah I know who you are...nasty guy." He's insulting them, belittling them and kicking them in the nuts. Maybe they have had enough from this asshole gasbag? Hope so...the future of our country rides on it. Keep pressing, press!

[Doctor_J]

4. I think the media BOSSES have told their overpaid talking heads to get on Hillary's bandwagon

They are all extremely rich, extremely conservative, and don't want a loose cannon like drumpf in power. Mrs Clinton is pretty much their dream candidate.

[jalan48]

5. Kabuki politics. The press has known all along how to handle Trump.

They were so busy cheer leading they had little time for analysis and criticism.

[The Jungle 1]

6. Ink by the barrel

It is always a bad idea to pick on people who buy ink by the barrel.
tRump is finding this out the hard way.

[bluestateguy]

7. I won't click on the link because of Salon's buggy website

My computer doesn't agree with it.

[lindysalsagal]

8. I'm thinking HRC will find lots of footage of fRump calling his supporters losers and fools

He might lose votes at that point. Strategy demands she hold off until September.

[Nitram]

9. The majority of the media's reportingg on Trump has been negative.