Is Newsweek leading the way

[MineralMan]

to a refocus by the media? I think that's a definite possibility. The media is all about ratings, and scandals boost ratings. I suspect that we may be about to see a switch in direction toward pouncing on Trump going forward. I could be wrong, but this Newsweek story that will emerge tomorrow may be the beginning of a media investigation into the problems Trump has as a presidential candidate.

We'll see, but it's beginning to look promising.

[RKP5637]

1. Is it tomorrow? I thought they released it this morning about his financial affairs, etc.

http://www.newsweek.com/2016/09/23/donald-trump-foreign-business-deals-national-security-498081.html

[MineralMan]

5. Ah, OK. I see that it has been released.

I guess I was looking at a post from yesterday. I'll go through that and see what it says.

[RKP5637]

6. I read part of it, will finish later. From what I saw MSM made little

mention of it this morning which surprised me. Rachel was all over it last night.

[MineralMan]

7. It will take a day or two for the other media outlets

to digest this and decide what to report. That's always the case. They don't like to just report on what some other outlet says without doing some checking.

[Thinkingabout]

2. He has gotten a pass on all issues since he announced, this should have happened last year when

he announced. Probably never thought Trump would be the nominee so they just overlooked his baggage.

[kstewart33]

3. Surprising that media coverage so far has been underwhelming.

It's a complicated story, maybe too complicated for the media's collective IQ.

[MineralMan]

4. You have to give other new media time to digest and

look into new stories. They'll want to take a close look and do some of their own investigation before going off on it.

[kstewart33]

8. Hope so, MMan.

Because I confess I'm getting quite worried about the election.

However, an old friend is coming for a month's visit in 2 weeks. We both are going to spend much of October campaigning for Hillary. I'm in a swing state. Surely hope the work will turn out some Hillary voters.

[longship]

9. I sincerely hope that you are correct, MM.

But time is getting short. Like somebody else in this thread pointed out, this could have come out a year ago. It didn't, except for maybe here at DU.

[MineralMan]

10. I hope so, too.

It's to the benefit of the news media to make the race look competitive, for ratings alone. However, as the election draws closer, news organizations may well be looking for more hard-hitting stories that will affect the outcome. As it becomes more and more likely that Hillary Clinton will have the electoral college votes locked in, the media may decide to turn on the losing candidate and focus more on Trump's negatives. They know that the election is beginning to have the audience's attention now, so they don't have to build audiences any longer. Since scandal gets eyes on stories, Trump's dismal record is a good place for them to look for scandal. Pretty much all of Hillary's negative information is already out there, so they may start looking at Trump's negative crap for fresh meat to throw the lions.

I'm sure they're planning what they will do going forward.

[JustAnotherGen]

12. And this . . .

Since scandal gets eyes on stories, Trump's dismal record is a good place for them to look for scandal. Pretty much all of Hillary's negative information is already out there, so they may start looking at Trump's negative crap for fresh meat to throw the lions.


One more step - it's ALL out there. In 1992 I was heading to my Sophomore year at college and volunteered for their campaign in my college area. There's nothing the world doesn't know about Hillary Clinton at this point. If one doesn't know - then they are being deliberately ignorant.

We need a lot more on Trump. He has no record of public service so every single miniscule detailed of his life needs to be aired out.


This article appears to be a good start to get this information into the hands of those who are NOT political junkies.

[JustAnotherGen]

11. I hope so MM

They hit the right demographic for subscribers - the ones who might be missing the internet and 24 hour news channel.

I intend to buy this edition - because when the media does good - those who can financially support them - Need to support them.

[AmericanMan1958]

13. It is comforting to know

That ratings and profit are the deciding factors.
God knows our national security and what is best for country should be just a second thought!
I do agree fact checking is important, they should try it more often!

[MineralMan]

15. I'm just describing how the media seems to do things.

I'm not part of it, so I have zero influence on how they proceed. I'm just an observer.

[AmericanMan1958]

20. Didn't mean for my comment

to make any acquisition on your character.
Just fed up with the MSM and their horse race mentality.
I am an old Vet and this $$$ over country is not the American ideals I served to protect.
Sorry, no offense intented to you.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Train wreck vs horse race. When they can't force a race for ratings they'll switch to the smashup.nt

[MineralMan]

16. Well, there's plenty of fresh meat in digging into Trump.

Not so much for Hillary, who has been vetted for a very long time. I think the media is about to make a change in direction and focus on the orange-haired one's many faults. I hope so, anyhow.

[NastyRiffraff]

17. It's a thorough, damning article

It's not an easy read unless you're an expert on foreign policy and business relations, but it's well worth going through the whole thing, carefully. Trump is a very dangerous man, and his business ventures are truly frightening from a national security standpoint.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. The print (including electronic) media have not been the problem

They have published several exposés, from print entities across the spectrum - newspapers, news and political magazines (and associated blogs), and even popular culture magazines.

It is the incessant 24/7 dismissal of any Trump wrong-doing on the tv political shows, that is the problem.

There is so much out there from the mainstream print media over the decades (with archived articles about Trump available from the times when certain scandalous activities were occurring), that what they are doing on television during this election season is lazy reporting at best or pure fraud at worst.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

22. Because people who still read are smarter

[nolabear]

19. I worry they're playing a dangerous game of one side against the other.

They go after Hillary until things tighten and then they go after Trump, betting it won't tip things too far but we'll all stay at maximum anxiety and keep tuning in to see what's coming.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. This is exactly what they are doing

In some idiotic attempt at "balance". Problem is, their idea of "balance" is to somehow equate what should be a "scandal" of "business fraud" that the television media tries to cover up, with the "scandal" of a candidate's lack of "smiling" and other idiotic false equivalencies.

[ailsagirl]

21. Not only Newsweek-- Time hasn't exactly been silent when it comes to drumpf

http://time.com/tag/donald-trump/

(and don't forget the "meltdown" cover)

http://time.com/4448070/inside-donald-trumps-meltdown/