Sunday News Shows Omit Coverage Of Trump Foundation Investigation, Conflicts Of Interest

[Bill USA]

https://mediamatters.org/blog/2016/09/18/sunday-news-shows-omit-coverage-trump-foundation-investigation-conflicts-interest/213172

Sunday morning political news programs neglected two major news stories that raise ethical questions about Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s family charity and his business interests, including reports that Trump’s charitable foundation is under investigation by the New York Attorney General and the conflicts of interest the Trump Organization would raise in a Trump presidency.

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said in a September 13 CNN interview that his office is investigating Trump’s charitable foundation over concerns that it “engaged in some impropriety” as related to New York charity laws. The investigation launched amid reports from The Washington Post that Trump spent money from his charity on items meant to benefit himself, such as a $20,000 oil painting of himself and a $12,000 autographed football helmet, and also recycled others’ contributions “to make them appear to have come from him” although he “hasn’t given to the foundation since 2008.”

In Newsweek’s September 23 cover story, Kurt Eichenwald reported that Trump’s business interests “will constantly jeopardize the security of the United States” if Trump wins the presidency and does not sever all connections to the Trump Organization. The Trump Organization, Eichenwald reported, has been “largely ignored” by media, yet would cause “serious conflicts of interest and ethical quagmires” in nearly all foreign policy decisions a president Trump would make. Eichenwald’s report explains that the Trump Organization’s enterprise includes “deep ties to global financiers, foreign politicians and even criminals,” and “reveals a web of contractual entanglements that could not be just canceled” which could conflict with major national security decisions and negotiations required by the presidential elect.

Yet none of the Sunday morning political news shows dedicated substantial coverage to either report on September 18.
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[chelsea0011]

1. The Sunday news shows are trying to not hurt our poor heads with facts and investigative reporting..

[Wellstone ruled]

2. You know darn well the media will not touch this

with a ten foot pole. Not after NBC Universal gave Trump foundation 500k some years back and then settle on of his law suits by paying that off with Production Company funds.

And the Sh*t Stain on Humanity gets another pass.