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May 10, 2016
Donald Trump’s rise as a presidential candidate has prompted many political observers to blame TV outlets for giving him historic amounts of free air time. While it’s true the media have overwhelmingly focused on Trump in their coverage…
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May 25, 2016
An NBC executive recently agreed with the argument that the network’s promotion of Donald Trump built the foundation for his presidential run.
For more than a decade, NBC amplified Trump’s public presence with hundreds of stories on the…
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June 20, 2016
According to Huffington Post, the Grand Old Party will become the Dead Old Party at the 2016 Republican convention in Cleveland. Cause of death? Support for presumptive nominee Donald Trump.
Taking plenty of shots at the GOP, historian Robert…
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July 13, 2016
Donald Trump officially launched his presidential bid in 2016, but according to an NBC producer Trump campaigned years beforehand on the network.
For years, Trump campaigned on NBC and CBS late night shows reiterating talking points similar to ones…
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August 11, 2016
Arianna Huffington, who in 2010 said Americans were voting republican with their “lizard brains,” announced on Aug 11 that she would step down as Editor-in-Chief at her left-wing website.
Huffington Post started in 2005, and branded…
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August 17, 2016
NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt slammed presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him "toxic" and "demented," after his network spend more than a decade building his image.
In a Facebook post he later deleted, Greenblatt lamented…
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September 12, 2016
When it came to covering voters’ most important issue, networks fumbled again in August. Instead, the networks spent more time tackling a football player who protested the national anthem.
Voters and presidential candidates were focused on…
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October 3, 2016
National Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench threw his support to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, and argued on CNBC’s Squawk Box that Trump could “change Washington.”
“I’m going for Donald,” Bench…
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October 10, 2016
The fallout from the Trump’s lewd video continues to impact NBC. CNN’s Brian Stelter reported on Oct. 11, that a source from NBC’s Today said host Billy Bush’s firing is imminent and a matter of “when,” not…
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November 7, 2016
Leaked emails from the Clinton campaign cast doubts on CNBC Chief Washington Correspondent John Harwood’s abilities to be an objective reporter when it came to Hillary Clinton.
But after The Hill accused Harwood on Nov. 7, of colluding with…