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RockRaven

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3. Because corporate media is fundamentally mercenary. They don't care who gets hurt

Reply to Kyblue1 (Original post)

Tue Sep 15, 2020, 08:25 PM

Sep 2020

as long as they make money.

Remember in 2016 when the head of one of the networks said Trump was bad for America but good for their company? They ALL believe that, even if they don't all say it out loud or explicitly.

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Why is ABC airing In prime time a special town hall meeting with Trump? [View all] Kyblue1 Sep 2020 OP

Because most of their shows aren't back in production yet. Bettie Sep 2020 #1

CNN has a twon hall meeting with Biden on Thursday, and I will be watching Anderson still_one Sep 2020 #2

True, but CNN is cable, ABC is network so more ppl will see it. radius777 Sep 2020 #8

He was and they were not able to agree on a date/time nt. liskddksil Sep 2020 #9

Because corporate media is fundamentally mercenary. They don't care who gets hurt RockRaven Sep 2020 #3

so they shouldn't have a live town hall with the President qazplm135 Sep 2020 #5

because he's the President and there's an election? qazplm135 Sep 2020 #4

Trump says no questions are off limits. keithbvadu2 Sep 2020 #6

I didn't see much in the way qazplm135 Sep 2020 #7