Monday, August 10, 2015

So is Donald Trump paying for all of his positive media coverage? Maybe.

Wait, they're on to me? How much will it cost to get them off the story?
Courtesy of Buzzfeed: 

According to four sources with knowledge of the situation, editors and writers at the outlet have privately complained since at least last year that the company’s top management was allowing Trump to turn Breitbart into his own fan website — using it to hype his political prospects and attack his enemies. One current editor called the water-carrying “despicable” and “embarrassing,” and said he was told by an executive last year that the company had a financial arrangement with Trump. A second Breitbart staffer said he had heard a similar description of the site’s relationship with the billionaire but didn’t know the details; and a third source at the company said he knew of several instances when managers had overruled editors at Trump’s behest. Additionally, a conservative communications operative who works closely with Breitbart described conversations in which “multiple writers and editors” said Trump was paying for the ability to shape coverage, and added that one staffer claimed to have seen documentation of the “pay for play.” 

All four sources spoke on condition of anonymity so as not to jeopardize their jobs; and none knew exactly how Trump’s alleged arrangement with the privately held company worked.

Well it makes sense if you think about it.

After all this is the guy who hired actors to increase the size of the crowd during his announcement speech.

Of course the management at Breitbart denies this is true, but then what else would you expect them to say?

However since this is four different sources coming forward that makes their denial a little weak.

My question is how many other "news" outlets are on the take?

36 comments:

  1. Janice A Soderquist2:36 PM

    Sarah finally spoke out on her Facebook...

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    1. Anonymous2:47 PM

      If he isn't paying her she will have a way to shake Trump down. I thought Todd and Sarah were fishing in Canada. Is Becky back to work?

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    2. Anonymous3:13 PM

      What cracks me up is "Read Bristol's post".
      After that it is hard to stop laughing.

      "Rocks and glass houses don’t go together when you’re playing PC gotcha games, so please spare us the holier than thou routine. Read Bristol’s post on how hypocritical this “trumped up” outrage is:"

      Bristol and Marina are somewhere on their backs. If Bristol hasn't popped I bet she is too huge to post a current post of Cletus the Fetus, I guess never to be mentioned by Grandma Palin, so it doesn't exist. The truth about the Palins is so much more entertaining than anything anyone can write about them.

      I envision Bristol somewhere in Arizona dealing with whatever state she is in now. She and Marina head banging on what's next. Can't even dare to guess about a baby daddy at this time.

      Are they all in a buzz about Track's latest? Do they even know the whole deal yet?

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    3. Anonymous3:28 PM

      What a crock of crap. So dull ignorant Bristol now has knowledge of everything political, and Mommie Dearest simply links to it??

      Donations must be down.....WAY down. Either that or she is in need of new advisers. If this is her lead-up to her "unconventional run," I am lmaoing!

      Hey, Nancy/Brissy/$arah! If you're sooo concerned about women, explain Tawd's involvement in prostitution rings!

      Sheesh.

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    4. Anonymous3:31 PM

      "Want to learn some 'lessons in sexual and political decency'......" Bristol Palin

      Bristol is at Alaska Dermatology Laser & Skin Cancer Center right now. Can you see all the press waiting by her car to get a response to her post? She is so relevant and actually at work as she says.
      Her word, you gotta believe all she says.

      Here is the proof. She works and she has lunch.
      http://websta.me/p/1041655409888975847_1395504853

      Not only that, SHE IS PREGNANT. Pregnant at work and in lonely bathrooms.
      bsmp2
      Celebrated six years working for the best people I know .. This place is my home (I actually have a job #shocker)
      http://websta.me/p/1024380568181922057_1395504853

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    5. Janice A Soderquist3:35 PM

      No baby shower this time? Sarah must be sick of her grandchildren she never sees.
      Not one family member or personal friend, Dr. Office staff too, willing to give her a baby shower?
      Where is Willow? Is there a permanent nanny living in the Arizona compound. This family is so secretive, but it will all come out some day.

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    6. call me confused3:41 PM

      What is "Track's latest"?

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    7. Anonymous4:19 PM

      She didn't speak up herself; she cowardly used her dumb_evil daughter's blog. Snort.

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    8. Anonymous4:35 PM

      I'd bet good money that she's not in Canada. With Tawd?? Of course she is...(eyeball roll)

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    9. Anonymous5:01 PM

      No baby showers. Bristol works and has important things to do so Sarah can have something to link too. Sarah doesn't want anything in her name. Bristol owes her big time.

      If Sarah wrote to defend Trump she would have people harrassing her to answer their questions and they would make judgments about her.

      It is better they contact Bristol now she is such a player in the current Republican political election.

      Bristol's resume is going to be super and she will have earned her own PAC.

      4:19 PM Yep and darn sick of it.

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    10. Anonymous7:05 PM

      It's the same old Track issues. He drinks, drugs and crosses the line. Palins, Track, Heaths, Menards will never speak about it. He gets physically violent. There are those that know, they could speak up. It would not be easy, but they could speak. He had another episode and it is just more cover up. One day someone will be hurt in ways that can't be undone. The child may be part of that also.

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    11. Anonymous8:58 PM

      7:05: tell us more! Spill the beans on what you know! We NEED to stop that Alaska Mafia family!

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  2. They weren't kidding when they described Trump as fascist. He reeks of it.

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  3. Anonymous3:01 PM

    Deadbart was in bed with O'Keeffe before he was dead, so nothing crooked about that crowd should surprise anyone.

    "Stop raping people!" Remember the police came and hauled the drunken freak away? How much damage would the fat bastard have done if he hadn't croaked? That's the sort of lowlife that gladly takes Trump's money. So is Palin.

    Who's that stupid teacher with the bad hair, the one who could spell, the one who couldn't bear to think of Sarah Palin as the racist she definitely is? What is she doing for her Breitbart dollars? Or are they postage dollars?

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  4. Anonymous3:06 PM

    If Trump is doing it, you know the Koch brothers are, or will be.

    Let's hear from journalism expert Sarah Palin!

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    1. TwoBlueJays3:55 PM

      I do wonder what the relationship, if any, is between Koch and Trump. Koch relies on money as a pressure point. Trump has that so is likely immune to their financial pressures. But they do have influence in other ways.

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    2. Anonymous4:20 PM

      It terrifies me that he could be president, and we all know that big money is exchanging hands at the expense of all of us.

      We did it before, we can do it again!
      Get out the vote!

      I am so going to miss President Obama.

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    3. Anonymous8:10 PM

      @ 4:20 Pm, I was thinking about this the other day.

      If Trump, heaven forbid, gets the GOP nomination, would Rove/Koch brothers rig the voting machines so that he could win or would they "take him out" physically, like an accident to get him off the ticket.

      It is all very entertaining at this point,but I hope The Donald is not the last one laughing.

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  5. Anonymous3:12 PM

    Trump having control over the media is not new. Even he acknowledged he owns people in a recent interview. Even Fox came crawling back effectively throwing Megyn under the bus. Look for her to start covering elections in Idaho next month. She's toast unless she apologizes to Trump.

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  6. Anonymous3:15 PM

    On the take? Let me guess, scarborough, todd, mitchell.

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  7. Anonymous3:21 PM

    It wouldn't surprise me, Trump has been bribing people and, according to his own admission, buying politicians his entire career.

    As his fans jump to his defense, have they given any thought about how he runs his affairs? He is the king of his domain, not the leader but the dictator. If they don't like Obama using executive orders, don't they realize that a President Trump with forget about those pesky orders and just "rule" with an iron first.
    Can you imagine what remarks he might make about Dilma Vana Rousseff (president of Brazil) or Angela Merkelhe if they criticize him? Oh well...republicans don't need no stinking good international relations.

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    1. Anonymous8:15 PM

      That is what war is for!

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  8. Anonymous3:35 PM

    I don't know I have ever wished for assassination but it could just happen. Wishing for such an awful thing. I have never paid much attention to Trump, he is such an idiot bore, now it's like he won't shut up and it is all over media.

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  9. Anonymous3:47 PM

    Just because a woman doesn't know the name of her unborn baby's father doesn't mean she isn't a brilliant important political writer.

    Bristol Palin: Erickson and Fox Are Part of the Hypocritical ‘Outrage Industry’
    http://www.mediaite.com/online/bristol-palin-erickson-and-fox-are-part-of-the-hypocritical-outrage-industry/
    Bristol Palin slammed Fox News and Erick Erickson in her blog on Monday, saying that she was furious with the reactions Donald Trump has been seeing ever since the Republican debate.
    “I used to use this blog to point out how liberals use the ‘outrage industry’ to manipulate people and keep their power. Now Republicans are just as bad,” Palin wrote.

    You bet she is furious. Look what she posted last Thursday.
    http://www.pikore.com/m/1045761563208440295_1395504853

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    1. Anonymous4:02 PM

      tee hee
      http://www.alan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/bristol-palin.jpg

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    2. Anonymous4:32 PM

      It was a medically necessary jaw alignment, dammit, 4:02 PM! hahahaha

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  10. Janice A Soderquist3:55 PM

    Bristol has a GED. She knows nothing about politics. She does not have one intelligent thought and has to pay someone to write for her. She is an unwed mother, no men around when the eggs hatch.
    Get a life... your mother is calling you...

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    1. Anonymous4:03 PM

      Her mother is using her. There are too many suckers who buy this ticket.

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    2. Anonymous4:06 PM

      Small correction, Janice.
      "your mother is using you."

      Enjoy your posts!

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  11. Anonymous4:09 PM

    Women having periods are a good thing. Just means another bastard Trump child will not be born.

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    1. Anonymous5:06 PM

      KNOWS BLEED. The blood dill was the knows!! Can't you giddy a$$holes evah laern!!

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  12. Frosty7:07 PM

    how many other "news" outlets are on the take?

    Any of them, all of them...

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  13. Anonymous8:17 PM

    Trump buying news outlets? Ah, c'mon! Next thing you know, they will claim he buys his wives...

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  14. Anonymous8:53 PM

    Has the thought cross your mind that maybe tRump is not the one paying for his positive write-ups, but that actually the Koch brothers are paying for this smear campagne against tRump? After all, they are behind everybody else, and do not want tRump to upset their chosen one(s).

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  15. Anonymous5:28 AM

    That would explain a lot. Some of the women he made negative comments about are now saying they don't recall him saying things. Him buying people off would explain a lot.

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  16. Anonymous2:11 AM

    I've thought many times recently that Daily Mail is on his payroll. They're always running precious stories about his kids, and his grandkids, but strangely, there's no comment section. Which means it's pretty much just an ad. I've never noticed, or maybe I've never been able to listen to it before, but when Trump was holding his fake news conference last night it sounded like he had some trouble getting his breath. Like he was taking deep breaths through his nose before he began to talk. Some kind of lung problem? Please?

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