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Trump's Oval Office address was a pure propaganda opportunity. Networks shouldn't allow it next time
Source: Washington Post
Trump’s Oval Office address was a pure propaganda opportunity. Networks shouldn’t allow it next time.
By Margaret Sullivan
Media columnist
January 9 at 11:01 AM
After Tuesday night’s debacle in the Oval Office, television network executives should be spending the day in their spacious offices practicing a simple word: No.
No, Mr. President, you may not break into prime-time programming to fundraise and mislead.
They’ll need to practice because you can be sure that the request will come again. And again.
Let’s be clear: There was no — zero — news in President Trump’s address to the nation last night.
There were high-drama quotes: “crisis of the soul.” There was fearmongering: “I’ve met with dozens of families whose loved ones were stolen by illegal immigration.”
But there wasn’t anything of substance that we haven’t heard many times before.
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By Margaret Sullivan
Media columnist
January 9 at 11:01 AM
After Tuesday night’s debacle in the Oval Office, television network executives should be spending the day in their spacious offices practicing a simple word: No.
No, Mr. President, you may not break into prime-time programming to fundraise and mislead.
They’ll need to practice because you can be sure that the request will come again. And again.
Let’s be clear: There was no — zero — news in President Trump’s address to the nation last night.
There were high-drama quotes: “crisis of the soul.” There was fearmongering: “I’ve met with dozens of families whose loved ones were stolen by illegal immigration.”
But there wasn’t anything of substance that we haven’t heard many times before.
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/trumps-oval-office-address-was-a-pure-propaganda-opportunity-networks-shouldnt-allow-it-next-time/2019/01/09/6e13a198-140e-11e9-b6ad-9cfd62dbb0a8_story.html
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Also: Trump fundraises off prime-time address (The Hill)
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