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riversedge

(70,186 posts)
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 07:40 AM Jun 2016

Hillary meets the press....


This was yesterday--. Wish Politico would not link her presser to the donald!!--but it IS Politico,who have never been friends to any Democrat!



http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-media-blitz-224098









Hillary Clinton, until today, had sharply limited her interactions with the national press pack, seeking out local outlets or softer formats like "Ellen." | Getty



Clinton celebrates with Trump-like media spree


By Nolan D. McCaskill

06/08/16 07:54 PM EDT

A day after becoming the first woman to claim a major political party’s presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday took a page from Donald Trump’s book.

It involved a lot of talking.

The now-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee blitzed the media Wednesday, phoning four major newspapers for exclusive 10-minute interviews and granting additional sit-downs with five major television networks — including a rare appearance on Fox News.

Clinton and Trump will likely be crowned their party’s nominee at their respective conventions in July, setting up a high-stakes clash between two vastly different candidates with two vastly different approaches to the press.

Trump, a reality star weaned on New York's hothouse tabloid culture, has dominated the media landscape throughout his unorthodox campaign, generating obsessive TV coverage of his often bombastic and off-the-cuff remarks.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-media-blitz-224098#ixzz4B575rJBx



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Hillary meets the press.... (Original Post) riversedge Jun 2016 OP
Thanks, rivers.. Cool pic of Hillary meeting the Press! Cha Jun 2016 #1
IMO, the press and media have never been good to her apcalc Jun 2016 #2
Likening it to Trump! Argh! Her Sister Jun 2016 #3
She was smart not meeting with the press liberal N proud Jun 2016 #4
I like the fact that she is doing press her way Lucinda Jun 2016 #5
 

Her Sister

(6,444 posts)
3. Likening it to Trump! Argh!
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 07:59 AM
Jun 2016

Freaking disgusts! The world does NOT revolve around Trump!

This is about HRC! This is about us, HER supporters and voters!

liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
4. She was smart not meeting with the press
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 08:36 AM
Jun 2016

They have never been good to her, so why should she have been good to them.

Now, she kind of has have some exposure to them, a necessary evil.

Lucinda

(31,170 posts)
5. I like the fact that she is doing press her way
Thu Jun 9, 2016, 09:18 AM
Jun 2016

They, all too often, try and make news rather than report it.

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