Donald Trump’s real goal for 2016: Trying to beat Fox News

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by Sophia Mcclennan at Salon

http://www.salon.com/2016/09/05/donald-trumps-real-goal-for-2016-trying-to-beat-fox-news/

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The conspiracy theory of the week is the idea that Donald Trump didn’t run to become president; he ran to become the head of the next conservative media empire. As the New Yorker reports, the Trump campaign has been joined in the last weeks by both Steve Bannon of Breitbart and Roger Ailes, the disgraced head of Fox News, fueling speculations that Trump’s real goal is to build a new conservative news media network.

The notion makes sense: How else to explain why Trump refuses to broaden his base of support and continues to stoke his core of racist, right-wing extremist fans? How else to explain why Trump has refused to reach out to the Republican establishment and build a larger political network? And how else to explain the dynamic duo of conservative media villains — Bannon and Ailes — playing a role in Trump’s campaign?

If the thought of a Trump presidency worries you, the thought of a Trump news network should scare the hell out of you.

As the speculation goes, Trump would launch a network that appeals to the right-wing fringe that currently watches Fox News. Building on the audience for Breibart, Trump would launch a media empire that was founded on the same principles we have seen in place during his campaign: hate mongering, extreme nationalism, xenophobia, misogyny and a total lack of connection to reality. If the campaign seemed to have fascist tendencies, imagine a news network founded on those same principles.


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1. Trump's trying to make "Citizen Kane" into a documentary.

Rich kid grows up bored, thinks it would be fun to control public opinion.

[Rstrstx]

2. So the Frankenstein they created is now turning on them?

Do I have that right?

If I were guessing I'd say Rupert's kids are now calling the shots on the network's future. It may depend on how much they like Trump. I doubt they're good friends but if enough money gets waved in their face who knows?

[blm]

3. That's good, too.

I think this subject needs to stay out there.