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Olbermann vs. Trump #19 - In Brief - Trump's Planned Live Television Coup (Original Post) ItsjustMe Nov 2020 OP
Olbermann Joedog Nov 2020 #1
Sound advice. SergeStorms Nov 2020 #2
Hopefully he won't get a chance to Joedog Nov 2020 #3
That's what happened in 2016 Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #8
trump is supported by 3/4 of the dicks. Thank goodness I was not drinking anything! niyad Nov 2020 #4
Sadly, the Broadcast media will make a fortune on a protracted contest Cetacea Nov 2020 #5
Sadly, it's all about ratings Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #9
Yes Cetacea Nov 2020 #10
I certainly hope so, hope that we can now be motivated to fix all that's gone wrong Rhiannon12866 Nov 2020 #11
Biggest nightmare reality shit-show ever. tRump's going to do his best to make it dramatic. NoRoadUntravelled Nov 2020 #6
Also, tell @Jack Dor$ey to block the cRiminal'$ feed. Lock him up. Nov 2020 #7

Joedog

(718 posts)
1. Olbermann
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:40 PM
Nov 2020

Might be the best at that type of commentary. Would love to see a full show like Countdown on one of the cable news networks.

SergeStorms

(19,199 posts)
2. Sound advice.
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 07:49 PM
Nov 2020

I don't, however, expect the the media to refrain from doing so. So much of the media has based their "news" reporting to include entertainment, if you consider Donald Trump and his traveling shit-show "entertainment". That's how FOX Noise has galvanized their hold on American right-wingnuts. There's very little "news" on FOX. It's mostly their opinions manufactured to resemble real news.

No, the media will slobber all over Trump's divisive words, just so they won't lose any ground to all the other media outlets doing exactly the same. That's entertainment, after all.

Rhiannon12866

(205,237 posts)
8. That's what happened in 2016
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 12:56 AM
Nov 2020

Trump as "entertainment" took over the airwaves - in place of actual news.

Cetacea

(7,367 posts)
5. Sadly, the Broadcast media will make a fortune on a protracted contest
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 08:17 PM
Nov 2020

And Olbermann is right: beaming him into households on election night will give him the "immoral high ground". That is why he cancelled the party at Trump Hotel and moved it to the White House.

Rhiannon12866

(205,237 posts)
9. Sadly, it's all about ratings
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 01:53 AM
Nov 2020

Just as it was in 2016, to the detriment of serious candidates - from both parties. And, apparently, the more outrageous, the better - and if it's illegal, that generates ratings, too.

Rhiannon12866

(205,237 posts)
11. I certainly hope so, hope that we can now be motivated to fix all that's gone wrong
Tue Nov 3, 2020, 05:50 AM
Nov 2020

And thanks for the article, did you post it here? It's certainly "chilling," the word that they used, about Bannon and Facebook and how they manipulate people under the guise of reporting "news..."

NoRoadUntravelled

(2,626 posts)
6. Biggest nightmare reality shit-show ever. tRump's going to do his best to make it dramatic.
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 09:17 PM
Nov 2020

Fences around the White House. Storefronts boarded up across the nation. I wouldn't be surprised if his Bikers, Pickup Truck Caravans and White Supremacist Militias show up to "help" the National Guard protect the White House.


Lock him up.

(6,928 posts)
7. Also, tell @Jack Dor$ey to block the cRiminal'$ feed.
Mon Nov 2, 2020, 09:22 PM
Nov 2020
But, but, but... he want$ to make more money because he never has enough money, although he's already more than full of money.
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