I agree with PGage on this one. If all Trump had was a rickety soapbox to stand on, he'd use it to stroke his ego and spout off, Alex Jones style.
It is not a stretch to imagine Trump and Roger Ailes collaborating to establish -- not just a TV station -- but a media network, with streaming online content, books, "Harvest Crusade" style gatherings, and on and on. A modern "old boys" club... a legal hate group. On Wednesday, October 26, 2016, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > I see. So the argument is not that he can't do a web-based Trump TV, but > that it is not what he wants, because it could not challenge the media big > boys. > > I am not so sure about that though. Yes, he has a bigely and fragile ego, > but I think that what that ego wants is not so much to challenge Fox News > in terms of ratings, revenue or net profits, but to challenge Fox News, > (and Limbaugh and National Review and Drudge) in terms of influence and > leadership in the conservative movement. If Trump could say in 4 years that > nobody can get the GOP nomination without coming on his network, and maybe > even getting his endorsement, I think he would be happy. > > On Wednesday, 26 October 2016, Tom Wolper <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 2:02 PM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I am not understanding why a web based "Trump TV" is capital >>> prohibitive? Can't they just have a parade of Alt-Righties doing hour long >>> faux news reports, 2 hour commentary/interviews, and talk-radio type >>> call-ins for 12 hours a day and do ads, maybe with some premium ad-free >>> content? Trump does not really need to make a lot of money, just not lose a >>> lot, and feed his ego. >>> >> >> Maybe you or I could do that if we were so inclined, but not Trump. His >> fragile ego won't let him be in a room with a Murdoch or Bloomberg and have >> them laugh at how Mickey Mouse his media operation is. >> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','tvornottv%[email protected]');> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
