Why is CNN giving Schultz time? They're owned and managed by people who benefit from Trump.

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Exactly right. And an important fact.

Our for-profit media is controlled by conservative owners and executives.

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[Funtatlaguy]

1. ***hey CNN staffers - please get this question to Poppy

Mr. Schultz, no third party candidate in modern history has been able to carry even one state in the Electoral College. Can you name just one state that you think you could win.

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2. This man hasnt even announced he is

DEFINITELY going to run. Why doesnt CNN just pay his filing fees to do so?

[Eugene]

3. Robert Reich suggests simple profit motive.

On Tuesday, CNN made Schultz a Serious Presidential Candidate by giving him an hour-long “town hall” in which he fielded questions from an audience.

Why did CNN do this? Because Schultz is worth over $3.6bn.

In today’s America, someone with this much money can buy so much advertising and self-promotion that he automatically becomes a SPC just by virtue of wanting the job and having the capacity to self-finance a campaign.

Ironically, CNN and other major media are giving Schultz free media now because he can afford an almost infinite amount of paid media later.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/16/presidential-candidate-howard-schultz-trump

[sharedvalues]

4. That too

But I think we can’t disregard that the owners and executives at CNN will benefit from Schultz’ policies. (And they benefit from Trumps politics too.)