ABC Helps Trump Build a Campaign Email List on His Birthday

[demmiblue]

Source: The Daily Beast

ABC’s digital news operation is helping the Trump re-election campaign build its email list.

Some of the network’s largest affiliates posted an identical piece of content on their websites on Friday promoting a “birthday card” for President Donald Trump. The card is actually a petition website created by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee to harvest email addresses that can be used during the 2020 campaign.

“Happy Birthday, Mr. President!” the stories read. “To help him celebrate, the GOP has made him a digital birthday card... Those who want to leave their well wishes can do so on the GOP’s website.”

Each story links to a page created by an RNC-affiliated group at donaldjtrump.com, the Trump campaign’s website. The page encourages visitors to hand over their names, email addresses, phone numbers, and zip codes.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/abc-news-local-stations-help-trump-build-a-campaign-email-list-on-his-birthday/

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[Dennis Donovan]

1. List of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_stations_owned_or_operated_by_Sinclair_Broadcast_Group

...it might be useful in this context.

[trev]

3. Sinclair has always been a nasty piece of work. nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. That was my first thought.

WJLA in Washington, DC, is an ABC affiliate, and it is owned by Sinclair. I'm wary of its local news.

[hughee99]

2. I remember when my local PBS station was sharing donor lists

With local candidates. At least in this new case, people have to do something to get on a mailing list. PBS just sent everyone’s name.

[More_Cowbell]

5. I wonder if that's how ABC got the Stephanopoulos interview?

By agreeing to do this

[smb]

6. Sing Out!

♩ ♫ ♪ Happy birthday, you fink,

You belong in the clink,

We’ll hose down the White House

To get rid of your stink! ♬ ♩ ♫

[Talitha]

12. Brilliant !!!!

[KT2000]

7. they have been skirting

the law for a long time. This should catch them. This must count as a campaign donation.

[UrbanProspector]

8. The only way to hurt them is...

through their pocket books by boycotting them and their advertisers like I do with Faux. If millions more did the same, all the so-called "liberal media" would suddenly become flooded with reports from Dems and Indies as their right-wing "base" would be such a small demographic for ratings. Its all about fluff and consumerism these days, so use the tools at hand and hit them where it hurts!

[rockfordfile]

9. ABC have become a terrible network.

Just look at how bad they were during the NBA finals. Extremely bias against the the Warriors.

[yaesu]

11. bottom line, all are terrible, none can be trusted. nt

[yaesu]

10. ABC probably included it into a deal to get the YUGE interview with the orange nazi. nt