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Here the press goes again, another fake GOP presidential candidate

Wed Jun 1, 2011 10:27 PM EDT

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By S. Maxx Mahaffey

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For profit and ratings, the news media permit unscrupulous characters like Donald Trump and Sarah Palin to use their news organization to promote something that is blatantly false but personally advantageous for them.

With sufficient evidence to the contrary that Trump was not launching a presidential campaign, cable to network news to print to online disregarded the evidence and broadcasters, commentators, journalists, and pundits emphatically declared Trump a serious candidate. The most vocal exception to that long list of professionals was Lawrence O’Donnell, host of MSNBC “The Last Word.” He consistently, in a very direct and logical manner, made the case why Trump was not running for president. Now, a month later, here the press goes again covering Sarah Palin, the newest fake 2012 GOP presidential candidate.

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PoliticoMan-1635309

Trump and Palin subscribes to PT Barnum's philosophy ( There's a sucker born every minuet)... And a buch of them gave republicans the house in Nov 2010....

11 votes

#1 - Wed Jun 1, 2011 10:53 PM EDT

Pat-#@!&!#@

unfortunately education is not a priority in this country...

8 votes

#2 - Wed Jun 1, 2011 11:27 PM EDT

ScienceGuy-356641

Both Trump and Palin have the solution to a struggling economy -- 4 steps to selling political snake oil:

1) Convince gullible people into believing that you have something worthwhile to say,

2) ... then ghost-write a book filled with meaningless tripe, banal talking points, and self-aggrandizing anecdotes,

3) ... con those same folks into spending their hard-earned money to purchase said book,

4) ... and spend book sale proceeds while touring the nation to appear as the (well-paid) keynote speaker at conventions in order to ... Go back to step 1.

11 votes

#3 - Thu Jun 2, 2011 1:37 AM EDT

Peter-2556560

yeah its funny how the media always says we talk about important issues that the American are more concerned about..and there they go about someone's weenie!

3 votes

#4 - Thu Jun 2, 2011 3:08 AM EDT

Luther28

The more America pays attention to the drivel that the media passes off for news, the more drivel they will throw at us. What keeps the likes of Palin, Trump and the constant parade of other buffoons on life support is the American people. Want them to go away? Turn off the television and stop paying attention to them, starve the ego furnace and they will wither and die.

2 votes

#5 - Thu Jun 2, 2011 6:48 AM EDT

Vlad's dog

Clowns always get the most attention in the circus tent.

6 votes

#6 - Thu Jun 2, 2011 8:14 AM EDT

Village Idiot-2299796

Reprehensible! Polluting Public Space With Noise ...

intentionally precluding discussion of UNFOLDING CRISES.

Science Guy -- bravo! Spot on as ever!

SOLIDARITY!

#7 - Thu Jun 2, 2011 10:06 AM EDT

onefan51

Donald Trump and Sarah Palin have one thing in common. They are both snake oil salesmen.

2 votes

#8 - Thu Jun 2, 2011 10:16 AM EDT

Bob Nelson.

I personally don't mind, but beware of seeding an article while not using the "seed" method. The NV staff may hassle you.

24-hour cable news, plus scads of "news blogs"... simply do not have enough real news to fill their bellies. So they put up non-news. Anything that may interest the public...

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