Leave it to Karl Rove to get mad at Trump for how he's running his campaign, not what he's saying
Specifically, Rove is furious that Trump has disrespected the importance of paid media in presidential campaigns. As someone who has devoted his career to raising and spending megabucks for mostly negative political ads from the day he left the White House, Rove probably regarded Trump's contempt for this part of politics as blasphemy. So, the Boy Genius repaired to the L'Osservatore Romano of the devotees of the green god of political money, The Wall Street Journal, asking Trump to repent.
Mr. Trump believes that fundraising and TV advertising are overrated. I just dont think I need nearly as much money as other people, he told Bloomberg. I get so many invitations to be on television. But consider a hypothetical: Say Hillary Clinton runs a week of TV spots in Tampa/St. Petersburg, a key media market in Florida, and Mr. Trump counters by appearing on cable shows.
Counting only adults, 314,000 viewers might see a Clinton ad during 60 Minutes on Sunday, according to Nielsen data. Nearly 190,000 would see one during Dancing With the Stars on Monday; 248,000 during NCIS on Tuesday; and 120,000 during Hawaii Five-0 on Friday.
Mr. Trumps appearances on Fox News would reach only a fraction of those numbers: 82,000 adults for a segment on The OReilly Factor and 61,000 for one on The Kelly File. An appearance on CNNs best-viewed evening program would reach 33,000.
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