White House Will 'Look Into' Fox News' Decision to Stop Broadcasting Trump Rallies

[babylonsister]

Haha!

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-will-look-into-fox-news-decision-to-stop-broadcasting-trump-rallies?ref=home

White House Will ‘Look Into’ Fox News' Decision to Stop Broadcasting Trump Rallies
Reuters / Leah Mills

The White House has vowed to “look into” a decision taken by Fox News to stop broadcasting Donald Trump’s rallies live and in full because they’re no longer bringing in high ratings. Politico reports viewing figures for Trump rallies have dropped and tend to be similar to, or even below, those for regular programming. The network only showed clips of his three rallies over the last week, rather than broadcasting the whole events uninterrupted. The report states White House figures are concerned Trump is losing control of a key platform ahead of the midterms. One senior White House official told Politico they were unsure why the network is cutting away from the rallies, saying officials planned “to look into that” and that they expect White House Communications Director Bill Shine, a former Fox News executive, to be in touch with his former colleagues about the move.

[Achilleaze]

1. Fox will be taken out to the woodshed for failing to follow KGOP orders

[Roy Rolling]

22. The Trump Show is Stale

Even for Fox News, Trump is a one-trick pony. He now performs at the rallies like he's a comedian on stage---a bad one.

Trump is a third-rate, washed-up reality-TV actor, and those who pay to sponsor such shows won't do it anymore.

How unhinged must he be that even Fox News won't cover his antics?

[Eyeball_Kid]

33. Maybe he needs a juggling act as a warm-up.

How about a gun skills demonstration? He can stage sharpshooters who can split an apple off the top of his head at thirty paces! Hey! He’s got to hire Ted Nugent as the sharpshooter! Fox would cover THAT!

[tblue37]

34. Or Brett Kavanaugh, after he's downed a few 'skis. nt

[greymattermom]

42. Maybe a pussy grabbing demonstration

with his paid audience. They should wear Miss Universe swimsuits.

[keithbvadu2]

65. Assume the position

[trixie2]

82. Good one!

[SkyDaddy7]

86. I love your Minion!

I have a text tone I guess you call it on my iPhone everytime I get a text a Minion says “You got a text!” & then you hear a bunch of them start laughing! It makes me smile everytime I hear it!! My wife says I’m a kid but she loves it too...She admitted the other day they make her smile too! Especially when my phone is in my bag on the back of my wheelchair it really seems like I have a bag full of Minions & it gets a lot of laughs!!

[Totally Tunsie]

51. or Dick Cheney.

[RainCaster]

60. Cheney needs to take DFT hunting

For the sake of the country

[Hotler]

74. BRING OUT THE DICK! BRING OUT THE DICK! BRING OUT THE DICK!.............

come on Dick, gives us a snarl for old time sake's.

[littlemissmartypants]

84. I just watched The Circus on PBS's The American Experience

Who doesn’t remember the bearded lady, Siamese twins, high wire acts and the acrobats? All he needs to do is pitch a "Big Top" on the front lawn and there you have it, circus legit. It wasn't that far from a freak show today.
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AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
S30 E3007: The Circus, Part 1
Aired: 10/8/2018 | 1:51:36 | Expires: 11/6/2018 | Episode
Explore the early days of this popular, influential and distinctly American form of entertainment during an era when master showmen P.T. Barnum, James Bailey and the Ringling Brothers transformed the nation’s popular culture

https://www.pbssocal.org/programs/american-experience/the-circus-part-1-intzsl/

The Circus, Part 2
Season 30 Episode 8 | 1h 53m 21s

Revisit the heyday of this distinctly American form of entertainment when former rivals Barnum, Bailey and the Ringling Brothers joined forces to present the “greatest show on earth” in big cities and small towns across the country.

https://video.kpbs.org/video/the-circus-part-2-q0ikac/

Enjoy.
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Eyeball_Kid, you slay me with your creative thinking. Can it be poision tipped yard darts or blow darts instead of firearms? Plus can we forget the apple and get him a large, red, bullseye tie? It'd be closer to the heart.





Love, peace and shelter,
lmsp

[thegoose]

35. I hate-watched a bit of last night's

On CSPAN. It was hilarious. The same MAGATs with those same tired signs. Orange Anus talking about his election victory again.

And you got that right -- he's repeating the same sentences over and over again like a comedian trying to zing up a bad punchline, then looks around with his lockjaw expression so we can get a 360 degree glimpse at that ridiculous hairdo.

[Johnny2X2X]

46. Casino Movie

Reminds me of the part in the movie, Casino, where Rodert De Niro gets banned from running the Casino so he starts a TV show that he uses to complain about the Gaming Commission. It's sad and pathetic and sometimes bizarre.

[at140]

81. Exactly right, the rallies are like

constant reruns of a bad movie. Trump repeats the same stuff over and over. Even Fox News got tired of airing it.

[duforsure]

2. He can't stand that

Especially publicly stating the rating are in the dumper for his rally's now. He wants them to promote him with lies and help him promote his propaganda, while attacking the truth for him. He uses rally's to generate funds for his personal use too probably , and his legal fees he probably can't pay for now. Bankruptcy looming now again? I would not be surprised , as his businesses have all been taking a beating now.

[DownriverDem]

16. Could New leadership

have something to do with it? Low ratings mean less advertising money. It's all about the money!

[Samspadesnark]

29. Bingo!

And while Russian bots provide by far the largest percentage of Trump's make-believe followers on twitter, the Russians have yet to figure out a way to fake television viewership numbers. With Hannity's viewership taking second place to Rachel Maddow and Trump's rallies losing their draw even with Fox audiences, Fox's advertising revenues are likely turning south as well. Let's hope the trend continues and that even the Fox viewers learn that the rally audiences are paid to be there, as losing its Fox viewership will weaken the White House's messaging and propaganda powers.

[fierywoman]

66. Cue in the "moneymoneymoney money" theme music.

[democratisphere]

3. Same old tired lies and propaganda.

drumpf's show and so-called presidency need to be cancelled in 2019.

[Vinca]

4. Don's reality show has, in TV terms, jumped the shark. Time for a season finale.

[Scarsdale]

23. Donald

You're FIRED. Poor ratings.

[Submariner]

5. Get on your knees Hannity

[PearliePoo2]

6. "Trump rallies have dropped and tend to be similar to, or even below, those for regular programming"

Hey Dotard! When you've lost your FOX cheerleaders, you're REALLY losing!

K&R

[mucifer]

7. hannity is going to have to explain to him that they are better at spinning his lies than he is

[MrScorpio]

8. What about Jamal Khashoggi?

They’ve said nothing about his disappearance so far.

[malaise]

9. Boring and repetitive

[mfcorey1]

10. I wish that MSNBC and CNN would stop broadcasting them too.

[llmart]

14. Yeah, none of them should be covering his hatefests.

[DownriverDem]

18. Google it

What comes up is that MSNBC & CNN do not cover trump's rallies live.

[mfcorey1]

19. Good to know!!

[spooky3]

24. They do show too many clips during other broadcasts, though.

I change the channel if he’s on for more than a moment.

Rallies aren’t newsworthy.

[FakeNoose]

64. I hit the "mute" button whenever he's on

... because I cannot stand his voice. It's easy to ignore when Mute is on.

[Gore1FL]

75. His voice is grating. His lies are worse.

I usually turn off the TV and go the the PC. Trump, in general, isn't newsworthy. It's the same dumpster and the same fire. What toxins are in the the smoke changes from day to day, but it's always noxious.

[hatrack]

11. More flags behind the podium? Go-go dancers in cages? Human sacrifice?

C'mon, Fox, what's it gonna TAKE?!?!

The very thought of this chapping his ass, eating away at what's left of his brain . . . to quote Chief Dan George, "My heart soars like a hawk!"

[FM123]

12. I've often wondered what will happen to the trumpy/fox propaganda machine

once Rupert Murdoch passes (I believe he is in his late eighties)
He has one son in the business who openly hates trump (James) and the other one seems to just tolerate him. I can't see them continuing this trumpy garbage if it is no longer profitable....

[world wide wally]

30. If that is true about his sons, it's the best news I've heard in a long time.

Promote assisted suicide!

[FM123]

39. Murdoch's son James gave a million dollars to the Anti Defamation League

and publicly condemned trumpy after what happened in Charlottesville https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/17/us/politics/james-murdoch-trump-donation-anti-defamation-league.html

[badhair77]

47. I believe there's a daughter-in-law who dislikes Trump also.

[FM123]

50. Yes, I think you are right....

Two powerful women quietly helped behind the scenes to bring Bill O'Reilly down. Sarah and Kathryn Murdoch — the wives of the ousted talk show host's young bosses — are at least partially responsible for his humiliating exit from Fox News Wednesday. While Fox News politically leans to the right, the wives of its top executives lean to the left.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/murdoch-sons-progressive-wives-helped-oust-bill-o-reilly-article-1.3075872

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Fux His Friends will make it up to him

Doocy will handle this outrage with a few wet kisses.

[Monsieur_Grumpe]

15. tRump needs to step it up

Maybe he should start shooting people at the rallies. His fan base would love it. Rating will go shoot up like a Russian rocket.

[badhair77]

48. I guess I shouldn't laugh at this but I have to confess I am.

I might tune in for that.

[spanone]

17. don has murdoch's cell phone...they'll be right back to broadcasting next rally

[CurtEastPoint]

20. WOMP WOMP

[catbyte]

21. The only things TRUMPRAVDA loves more than Traitor Tot are ratings.

I guess his shtick is getting old even with his cult. Well, I guess if you've heard one lie-filled hatefest, you've heard them all.

[maddiemom]

25. Seems as if more and more people are agreeing with what I've mentioned for the past year:

the networks should stop broadcasting the Trump pep rallies. They are supposed to be about his support of local candidates, and should be of local interest only. The cost should be on local Republicans only, but I suspect the cost is paid for by all of us. The local candidate is lucky to be mentioned, while Trump rants on and on about the Democrats in general, and whoever else he is currently hating. It's always the same old braggadocio and lies. If he has something to say that is of important and interest to all of us, fine. Otherwise, he can't be gone soon enough. I'm beginning to suspect many of his "base" are showing up to be entertained and join in the mindless chanting. I doubt if many of them even know or care about the targets of his rancor any more than Trump really does.

[usaf-vet]

26. It documents which party advocates violence and racism.

Even if Trump isn't smart enough to realize that the proof for the world to see is being broadcast and archived everyday.

The network understands the implications of televising his mobs.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

27. GOP would have been all over Obama if he had not only

Ignored Millions during a hurricane but opted to spew hate. It's not like Trump had an important message last night like about climate change or preserving Social Security or improving education opportunities. He used it to elicit hate. I saw a couple people mention this on MSNBC but it should be all over

[Eyeball_Kid]

28. The only truth FNC knows is profits.

When the ad revenues dip, Fox plays hardball.

Lies are great when the ratings are up. But when Trumpy can’t get it up, even Fox calls him a loser.

[kairos12]

31. Will add Red Army Chorus soon.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

32. LOL!! Maybe the White House will take over Fox News!! Wait... thought they already did!!

[NewJeffCT]

36. Poor Donny Dollhands

will be heartbroken over this.

[Gothmog]

37. trump is not getting any ratings now

Link to tweet

[Cha]

73. ..

[Initech]

38. Wow, even Trump's hardcore fans are losing interest.

His shtick is getting really old guys.

[greymattermom]

43. Maybe he's a one hit wonder.

And how many times will you watch someone sing the same song?

[DBoon]

40. Chariot races, gladiator battles,

man versus lion

It worked for Nero, it should work for 45

[Turbineguy]

41. It must the the audience

who are drawn to trump.

Fox must be worried about the "I don't want to be like them" effect.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

44. What will he do in revenge? Spank Hope Hicks live on TV?

After all, we know there will be revenge.......

News Corp is a cancer on the world.

[Wednesdays]

56. It'd be the other way around

tRump is the spankee, not the spanker.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

58. Now THAT would be a show!

...........

[Grasswire2]

68. Hope is gone. The new fluffer is Madelaine.

[link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/09/04/madeleine-is-the-key-who-is-madeleine-westerhout-trumps-27-year-old-secretary-and-gatekeeper-to-the-president/?utm_term=.7806bb23311b|


$130,000/year.

[dmr]

78. Hope is now working for Fox.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/10/08/media/hope-hicks-joins-fox/index.html

I forget her title. I think it's communication director.

[Grasswire2]

79. yes, Fox entertainment. nt

[Wounded Bear]

45. Even Trumplodytes can only watch so many WWE rallies...

[gibraltar72]

49. He should take away their license.

[SWBTATTReg]

52. And I hope that they'll never return to rump either no matter what the circumstances are, ...

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once an audience is lost, you can never regain it no matter what you do. Serves the lying sob right and now I'm waiting for the end game, where all of his criminal crap is shown to the world in all of its glory and his a** is grass along w/ those in his orbit that participated in this American tragedy.

Additional note: Ratings drives it all. I hope this enrages rump to no end. His ratings are in the toilet, and he just plain sucks at doing what he does. Pathetic.

Maybe Fox finally saw what was happening to their ratings (they probably did some time ago, didn't want to do anything yet so they wouldn't jep their precious relationship w/ rump).

Ratings still continue to slump...Fox finally got the hint.

My hint to you...DON'T support this piece of garbage (rump) in any manner, shape, or form. For that matter, don't support any of the treasonous Congressional repugs either. They failed to do their job, period. They should at minimum removed rump from office (along w/ fellow Americans and democrats) and replaced rump w/ a far better person...this shouldn't been too hard as they are literally thousands of better persons than rump.

[Sneederbunk]

53. FOX waiting with bated breath to hear from Shine whom they fired.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

54. Has he considered jumping a shark? NT

[MontanaMama]

55. Did anybody notice

all of the space between deplorables standing behind Dotard at last night’s rally? I didn’t actually watch because...well because. MSNBC showed a few clips and there was at least a shoulder width between each real deplorable and paid deplorable as if they couldn’t even hire enough idiots to stand behind the Orange McPussGut. The nazi rallies are wearing thin I guess.

[healthnut7]

57. I did!

I said to my hubby, look at the spaces between all of them. Maybe the word is getting out that he doesn't pay them as promised. Love it!! Now his favorite TV network isn't covering him. Wow!! What a blow to him.... Hope he quits and goes back to his tower.

[leftyladyfrommo]

71. Trump said thousands and thousands were coming.

How many really showed up?

[KPN]

59. This is pure proof that Fox IS a propaganda

arm of the Trump Admin/GOP whether they continue to broadcast or not. Bring back the Fairness Doctrine! Without it, there is no such thing as Democracy especially during a time when unregulated money is considered a form of free speech. If money is speech, then speech is not free and there is no such thing as free speech.

[Va Lefty]

77. You are 100% percent correct...

but, sadly, The Fairness Doctrine is as dead as Elvis and neither one of them is coming back

[Jeroen]

61. Hey Donald, you're fired!

[muntrv]

62. Want to increase ratings? Show us your tax returns for the past 40 years!

[Separation]

63. Agatha lmao

Fox news is such a snowflake librul news outlet. They cant handle Da Dump. . Trumpster! Sad, so sad,
. I mean his rallies, they are the biglyest thing going on. If the failing librul Fox Newz wont cover him, I guess I'll have to find somebody that will.

[ecstatic]

67. The next step is for the networks to stop re-airing clips. I go out of my way to avoid trump's hate

rallies. But when I turn on my favorite cable news shows, the hosts spend half the show re-airing trump's tackiest/most crass moments from the rallies. I don't want to hear it! Stop forcing it on me or you'll lose me!

[sinkingfeeling]

69. And here I thought the GOP opposed government intrusion on private business.

[trueblue2007]

70. Trump is whining

[DeminPennswoods]

72. The act's getting stale

When you don't draw more viewers than regular programming, the writing's on the wall.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

76. That's capitalism, Spanky. Sorry.

The free market says you aren't worth crap any more.

[jimlup]

80. That they say this with a straight face reeks of fascism

We need to start using that word because that is what the Trump administration is - fascist.

[Progressive Jones]

83. There aren't enough worthless assholes...

... in this nation to give the Trump Show good ratings.

[dchill]

85. They got their Kavanaugh, they don't need the Trumperor any more.