Trump Scales Back TV Appearances

[applegrove]

Trump Scales Back TV Appearances

https://politicalwire.com/2016/07/08/trump-scales-back-tv-appearances/

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Howard Kurtz: “Donald Trump, in a sharp shift in strategy, is now refusing to appear on many television outlets, and top advisers who want to limit his exposure are no longer notifying him of every interview request.”

“According to sources familiar with the campaign, one faction is worried that the constant rounds of interviews entail too much risk of the candidate making mistakes or fanning minor controversies, even though his mastery at driving the media agenda helped power his Republican primary victory.”

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[Chemisse]

1. In other words, put a muzzle on that fool.

Bad news for us, though.

[JoePhilly]

10. yup ... they kidnapped that idiot during the Dallas event ... to prevent him from ...

... talking ... then put out a reasonable release in his name.

Maybe they'll drug him ... and then only let handlers speak for him.

[mythology]

11. I wonder if his campaign advisers changed his twitter password so he couldn't

say anything stupid publicly.

[JoePhilly]

15. I'd create a fake Twitter APP so he could THINK he was tweeting ...

... but it would only send his TWEETS to top level staff so they could tell him how great his tweets were.

[PearliePoo2]

2. They have to try and muzzle the hate-monger

Much like they did to the idiot Sarah Palin. Major damage control. Will it work, I doubt it.

[pangaia]

3. Trump will not be the nominee.

I've been sticking with that for months.

[Hortensis]

4. Well, what fun is that? Are they drugging him too?

Absent the latter, I predict this will last about as long as his commitment to the teleprompter.

[riversedge]

5. seems to me that msnbc and cnn are being played by the Donald.....

....Others say it doesn’t matter if Trump bypasses interviews on CNN and MSNBC as long as those networks, along with Fox, keep carrying extended portions of his evening rallies, with the added benefit that he doesn’t have to answer questions.

Trump has been in constant skirmishes with the press since he launched his campaign, but his sharper rhetoric these days reflects a view that the media are trying to “assassinate his character,” as one member of his team put it. And that helps explain why the man who once blitzed the airwaves round the clock is now carefully picking his spots.

[geek tragedy]

6. damned if he does, damned if he doesn't.

can't pay to drive his message, lacks high profile surrogates, but if he personally drives the message he steps on his own dick

[gogo_du]

8. At this point I wonder if it matters

He has provided more than enough footage for ads for the next 4 years, let alone till November. If he scales back his appearances the Superpacs can just start running ads to keep the rhetoric on the air. At least that's what I would do. The added benefit is the ability to tell a tighter story through editing.

[0rganism]

9. overall this works to our advantage imho

sure, it keeps him from opening his blowhole randomly on TV to spout outrageous crapola, but there are some drawbacks for him too

1. Now he'll actually have to pay for TV advertising
2. He still has to talk for himself at the debates, and now he'll have even less practice
3. Twitter account still active

can you spot more?

[kimbutgar]

12. It's laughable if he thinks he will get more supporters with this scaling back

There is too much stuff out there in the media that will used against. He is major damaged.

[applegrove]

13. He's now reading script where he is a non racist, non divider. He's totally

sold out the hope of the dumb****'s who support him to go back to the 1950s. Hope his base figures this out and stays home on election day.

[Jitter65]

14. We all know what familiarity breeds. nt

[MineralMan]

16. Soon, they'll bring out the

"Pantomime Donald Trump", a la Monty Python.