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spanone

(135,823 posts) Tue May 3, 2016, 07:08 PM May 2016

all the news outlets called it for trump the moment the polls closed

wow, they count fast!!!!

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all the news outlets called it for trump the moment the polls closed (Original Post) spanone May 2016 OP

Predictable. He's their guy. They were instrumental in creating the monster. procon May 2016 #1

^^^This^^^ times infinity... truebrit71 May 2016 #2

The risk to calling early is being wrong and getting egg on your face. 1939 May 2016 #3

procon

(15,805 posts)

1. Predictable. He's their guy. They were instrumental in creating the monster.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 08:11 PM

May 2016

The media's cultish obsession over every ludicrous statement he made, and the free 24/7 coverage of his clown show that shut out all the other candidates, the made for TV fantasy rating story they've always dreamed of. They forced him on us, pushed him to the top, and presented him as a genuine facsimile of a potential president. They offer him up to the viewers on a silver platter without a cringe, blush, or apology, and never uttered a word of criticism or noted his blatantly obvious unsuitability to hold the highest office in the land.

And the Trump media circus will make them all rich. That's always the bottom line.

truebrit71

(20,805 posts)

2. ^^^This^^^ times infinity...

Reply to procon (Reply #1)

Tue May 3, 2016, 08:33 PM

May 2016

1939

(1,683 posts)

3. The risk to calling early is being wrong and getting egg on your face.

Reply to spanone (Original post)

Tue May 3, 2016, 08:40 PM

May 2016

Very possibly, the news outlets viewed this one as low risk.

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