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applegrove

(118,622 posts)
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:12 PM Mar 2016

How Trump Hacked the Media

How Trump Hacked the Media

https://politicalwire.com/2016/03/30/how-trump-hacked-the-media/

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Nate Silver: “An underappreciated problem is that Trump’s candidacy is relatively lacking in precedent, which means we’re all trying to figure this out as we go along. Traditional journalists have had trouble covering Trump, but so have empirically-minded ones like us here at FiveThirtyEight. We laid long odds against Trump getting this far, in large part because no similar presidential candidate has done so since primary and caucus voting became widespread in 1972.”

“Put another way, Trump has hacked the system and exposed the weaknesses in American political institutions. He’s uncovered profound flaws in the Republican Party. He’s demonstrated that third-rail issues like racism and nationalism can still be a potent political force. He’s exploited the media’s goodwill and taken advantage of the lack of trust the American public has in journalism. Trump may go away — he’s not yet assured of winning the GOP nomination, and he’ll be an underdog in November if he does — but the problems he’s exposed were years in the making, and they’ll take years to sort out.”



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How Trump Hacked the Media (Original Post) applegrove Mar 2016 OP
Trump exploted the Media's Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #1
The media made lots of money. I guess the GOP is not so happy with the free market regarding applegrove Mar 2016 #2
Got a hunch this was Wellstone ruled Mar 2016 #3

applegrove

(118,622 posts)
2. The media made lots of money. I guess the GOP is not so happy with the free market regarding
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:31 PM
Mar 2016

media. I wonder if it will make them think about unfettered markets in general.......NAW!

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
3. Got a hunch this was
Wed Mar 30, 2016, 07:55 PM
Mar 2016

planned after their failed haired boy Willard was sent packing by that Uppity Black Guy.

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