The Trump/Media Partnership
We all know that Trump likes to go after the media. There is more to it than that. Trump loves the Media, and the media loves him. They are…
We all know that Trump likes to go after the media. There is more to it than that. Trump loves the Media, and the media loves him. They are benefiting each other so much, it makes me wonder if they are in some capacity working together.
Trumps relationship with the Media
Trump is a creation of the networks. He was a popular man well before he ran for President. One can argue he was the first person that was famous for being famous. He was the love of liberals for a long time, and NBC knew that a person with his personality is ratings gold. They put him on as the host of the Apprentice. That relationship has not changed since he has been President. He is a boastful brash narcissist, and they love it. No other President has gotten this much coverage, most of it to do with his personality. It is why they ask the pointed questions at briefings. They are creating a story where there wasnt one. Their attacks help Trump quite a bit too. People are so sick of hearing the media attack Trump. It pushes people to Trump. As well it allows him to use them to hide info from Republican voters.
Trumps Misdirections
Trump has a history of making inflammatory comments to the media or on Twitter. It fills the news for days or weeks. Recently he stated that we should move the election. There is no way he really believes that. He is using this statement for two reasons. To hide the recent jobs numbers. Though I think most would blame Governors. More important to his base, is the number of concessions he is about to give to Democrats. As well as theprice tag of the next COVID bill.
This isn’t anything new though. He has done this plenty of times in his Presidency. It is an area that he has done very well. When he was getting ready to spend $4T on a budget he knew conservatives would not be happy. So he created a firestorm with the tweet that he planned to ban trans people from the Military. When he banned bump stocks, he started talking about the border and MS-13 more. Any time he makes a ridiculous remark, or goes after the media, you have to look what else is he doing. Usually it is to hide his liberal tendencies from conservatives.
If the media was really trying to hurt Trump they wouldn’t make the news on these comments. It would be on the issues that conservative will have an issue with. Otherwise it gets them arguing about something else. Are they getting played?
Media Ratings
With Trump as President the media has been able to garner better ratings. They know that covering him and his ridiculousness get more people to watch. There is a fine balance though. As we see with CNN, too much coverage and ratings start to go down. People get sick of the hypocrisy. Some companies have found a steady balance. Fox News gets more viewers when they criticize Trump. It ends up causing him to speak out against them, and gives them free publicity.
Conclusion
Are Trump and the media in a conspiracy, or are the media getting played? I think they are too smart to get played. It’s also why they continue to let Joe Biden to make a fool out of himself on their networks. If Trump doesn’t get re-elected, they will have to work much harder at actual journalism. Trump and the media love the back and forth because it is good for both of them.