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2016 Postmortem

BumRushDaShow

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5. Just like Oprah has "OWN"

Reply to cali (Original post)

Fri Aug 19, 2016, 08:47 AM

Aug 2016

I believe that Trump is setting up for a cable channel. I even joked in another thread that if he wanted to, he would call it "Trump Broadcasting System" or "Trump Network Television" and would battle Ted Turner for use of the abbreviations "TBS" or "TNT".

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Is this what it's really about? TBN (Trump Breitbart News), taking on Fox head to head? [View all] cali Aug 2016 OP

I could see this as a real possibility. apcalc Aug 2016 #1

Me too...n/t monmouth4 Aug 2016 #3

I wonder if this plan of theirs still has legs SticksnStones Aug 2016 #2

While I agree that this campaign is killing the Trump brand in his current businesses, Old and In the Way Aug 2016 #6

Palin tried it in a subscription format... SticksnStones Aug 2016 #7

No, I think it is simple. Trump needed to control the media message. UCmeNdc Aug 2016 #4

Just like Oprah has "OWN" BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #5

It would never be just initials SticksnStones Aug 2016 #8

"TMP" BumRushDaShow Aug 2016 #10

Very easy for (R)fox & RW tabloids to dominate the free internet news Sunlei Aug 2016 #9