Megyn Kelly: Trump tried to bribe the media for positive coverage

[woolfe9998]

So Megyn Kelly has a new book coming out. Some of it has to do with verbal abuse she got from Trump behind the scenes, in addition to what is known publicly. That isn't the interesting part. This is:

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/11/media/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-book-fox-news/index.html

Before things turned sour, Trump had apparently tried to win Kelly over, offering favors like paying for her stay at the Trump SoHo hotel, according to the book.

"This is actually one of the untold stories of the 2016 campaign," she writes. "I was not the only journalist to whom Trump offered gifts clearly meant to shape coverage. Many reporters have told me that Trump worked hard to offer them something fabulous — from hotel rooms to rides on his 757."

So let's get this straight. Trump tried to corrupt the news media by buying them off for positive coverage, and when they didn't take the bribes and instead said critical things about him, he accused them of being corrupt. The real "corruption" he was referring to was apparently in not taking his bribes.

The real question is, how is "President Trump" going to handle being criticized in the media, or even by ordinary citizens for that matter? He cannot take any sort of criticism without some form of retaliation. Are ugly tweets going to be the worst of it or are we headed for very dark times?

 

[pcgeek11]

I wonder how Hillary paid off CNN, ABC, NBC, MSNBC .....

 

[ivwshane]

I wonder how Hillary paid off CNN, ABC, NBC, MSNBC .....

Not well enough obviously!

 

[Exophase]

It'd be nice if there was one single thing he attacked others for that he wasn't himself guilty of. Or that he had one criticism of an exploitable government that wasn't proven by him being the one exploiting it. Sigh.

It's too bad this information is only coming out now, but I doubt it would have mattered if it didn't. Would have probably just put Megyn Kelly in hot water. Sure must be great being her these days.

 

[pcgeek11]

Not well enough obviously!

LOL!

 

[OILFIELDTRASH]

Are you guys serious? The media was clearly in Hillary's pocket. I'm guessing it was the big money corporations trying to keep their terrible trade agreements in place. I'm glad the people didn't listen to the media and how inevitable a Clinton victory was and voted anyways. The media should be ashamed of themselves. I for one will take what they say from here on out with a huge grain of salt.

 

[ivwshane]

Are you guys serious? The media was clearly in Hillary's pocket. I'm guessing it was the big money corporations trying to keep their terrible trade agreements in place. I'm glad the people didn't listen to the media and how inevitable a Clinton victory was and voted anyways. The media should be ashamed of themselves. I for one will take what they say from here on out with a huge grain of salt.

Yep they were totally in her pocket! Its true because they never reported any of her scandals you heard about in the media.


/s

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

How will Trump react? Badly, and people will start to filter out his noise. Trump shouldn't have tried to influence the press though.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Yep they were totally in her pocket! Its true because they never reported any of her scandals you heard about in the media.


/s

They were reported because they were news, but Hillary was clever enough to not say much for a very long time and let Trump do all the talking. It didn't work but it was a reasonable strategy which should have ended sooner.

 

[ivwshane]

They were reported because they were news, but Hillary was clever enough to not say much for a very long time and let Trump do all the talking. It didn't work but it was a reasonable strategy which should have ended sooner.

Woosh!

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Woosh!

Well I didn't front a candidate that even Trump could beat. I think I got it.

 

[ivwshane]

Well I didn't front a candidate that even Trump could beat. I think I got it.

Nope, you still don't get it and you probably never will.

 

[woolfe9998]

How will Trump react? Badly, and people will start to filter out his noise. Trump shouldn't have tried to influence the press though.

Yes, he will "react badly," but the question is, what will be the nature of this bad reaction? Is it just immature tweets, or will he do things that he promised, like opening up libel laws and suing the press. Will be not allow press organizations who criticize him access to the White House? Will he use the Justice Department to prosecute his critics on bogus charges?

What does a thin skinned narcissist whose previous best retaliatory option was a childish tweet do when he suddenly has a whole range of options conferred upon him by the power of office?

 

[sxr7171]

Are you guys serious? The media was clearly in Hillary's pocket. I'm guessing it was the big money corporations trying to keep their terrible trade agreements in place. I'm glad the people didn't listen to the media and how inevitable a Clinton victory was and voted anyways. The media should be ashamed of themselves. I for one will take what they say from here on out with a huge grain of salt.

But they did and their lazy asses stayed in bed because they "had it in the bag". The irony of this is delicious.

 

[imported_tajmahal]

So Megyn Kelly has a new book coming out. Some of it has to do with verbal abuse she got from Trump behind the scenes, in addition to what is known publicly. That isn't the interesting part. This is:

http://money.cnn.com/2016/11/11/media/megyn-kelly-donald-trump-book-fox-news/index.html



So let's get this straight. Trump tried to corrupt the news media by buying them off for positive coverage, and when they didn't take the bribes and instead said critical things about him, he accused them of being corrupt. The real "corruption" he was referring to was apparently in not taking his bribes.

The real question is, how is "President Trump" going to handle being criticized in the media, or even by ordinary citizens for that matter? He cannot take any sort of criticism without some form of retaliation. Are ugly tweets going to be the worst of it or are we headed for very dark times?

So the Republican candidate was almost as guilty of bribing the media as the democrat candidate was? Well, except she was so much more successful at it. We don't even have to trust what a single media person with an axe to grind has to say either, we can read the collusion in all those Podesta e-mails.

 

[sxr7171]

How will Trump react? Badly, and people will start to filter out his noise. Trump shouldn't have tried to influence the press though.

Now that he's elected he needs to stop it. It's enough. It's served its purpose and I hope he can behave like an adult now. It would be terrible if turns out to be the kind of cry baby liberal I despise.

 

[shortylickens]

Now that he's elected he needs to stop it. It's enough. It's served its purpose and I hope he can behave like an adult now. It would be terrible if turns out to be the kind of cry baby liberal I despise.

He was corrupt BEFORE we made him the most powerful man in the world. Why would he change now?
The guy is gonna be a long string of nasty stories, and the media wont help him out.

 

[imported_tajmahal]

This is just such a classic example

"
Matthew 7:3-5New International Version (NIV)
3 “Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye."

 

[Sunburn74]

I wonder how Hillary paid off CNN, ABC, NBC, MSNBC .....

You know the answer to a question about evil shouldn't always be answered with a response well there is evil over there.

 

[buckshot24]

The real question is, how is "President Trump" going to handle being criticized in the media, or even by ordinary citizens for that matter? He cannot take any sort of criticism without some form of retaliation. Are ugly tweets going to be the worst of it or are we headed for very dark times?

President-Elect Trump will be President Trump, no need for quotes. He won, deal with it.

 

[woolfe9998]

President-Elect Trump will be President Trump, no need for quotes. He won, deal with it.

Oh really now. I seem to recall zero respect for Obama from day 1 coming from the right. Sorry, I don't owe Trump any more respect than the right felt it owed Obama. I don't respect Trump any more than you likely did Obama. Deal with it.

 

[buckshot24]

Oh really now. I seem to recall zero respect for Obama from day 1 coming from the right. Sorry, I don't owe Trump any more respect than the right felt it owed Obama. I don't respect Trump any more than you likely did Obama. Deal with it.

That isn't respect it is fact. Trump is going to be president not "president". I never called Obama "President Obama".

 

[woolfe9998]

Now that he's elected he needs to stop it. It's enough. It's served its purpose and I hope he can behave like an adult now. It would be terrible if turns out to be the kind of cry baby liberal I despise.

Just yesterday, he sent a tweet complaining that people protesting him was "unfair." People exercising their right of free speech to criticize a politician is unfair to the politician. This is totally uncharted territory for a POTUS. How many sitting presidents, or presidents-elect, engage in this kind of behavior? He didn't send those tweets during the campaign as an electoral strategy. He was repeatedly advised not to by his own people, and the tweets probably hurt him more than they helped him. But he did it anyway because that is just who he is. He will not change his core personality simply because he was elected. The only question is whether these lame tweets will be the farthest he'll go to retaliate against his critics.

 

[nakedfrog]

I wonder how Hillary paid off CNN, ABC, NBC, MSNBC .....

Oh, my, the classic "But Hillary" non-refutation.

 

[woolfe9998]

That isn't respect it is fact. Trump is going to be president not "president". I never called Obama "President Obama".

Frankly, I don't give a shit. We had people running around accusing Obama of being a secret Muslim and all kinds of other nonsense from day one. Those were not FACTS. They were lies.

Those quotes are not a lie. They are sneer quotes which express my opinion of the man. I put that word in quotes because Trump is not a fit to be president, and will not be a competent president at all, not even to the standards of past bad presidents, no matter his formal title and position. That, of course, is just a prediction based on my opinion of the man. If I turn out to be incorrect about that, and I desperately hope I am, I'll be more than glad to remove the quotes. I've never wanted to wrong about something this much in my life. But unless or until then, I will act on what I already know of the man.