Trump brought down by the BBC? Damning investigative video has just gone up...

[Surya Gayatri]

Will Drumpf be suing the BBC now? Why the hell aren't US media outlets doing this kind of digging?

Can Donald Trump ever claim to be '100% clean'

At the end of a seismic week for the Republicans, Donald Trump now looks the most likely contender to be the party's candidate for the next president of the United States.

Among his big boasts is that he is a modern-day Midas, worth billions of dollars, and that his wealth means that he cannot be bought and sold - and that puts him above the political fray.

But is that the whole picture? Newsnight's John Sweeney reports.

[malaise]

1. It's gonna get uglier

[Surya Gayatri]

4. The Donald had better lawyer up even more--multiple lawsuits on the horizon.

[L. Coyote]

20. And by uglier, you mean delightful, right?

reserve your seat

[malaise]

24. Of course :-) Pass the butter!

[spanone]

2. don't expect our media to do anything relatively close to journalism

they're profiting off of trumps outrageousness

they have no intention of stopping the gravy train

[merrily]

3. Beat me to it.

[Surya Gayatri]

7. So, so true, sadly.

[Vogon_Glory]

29. Too Blamed True

Too blamed true. The Clinton years and Buckaroo Bush's two terms in office taught me that the corporate lame-stream media has miserably failed to fulfil the role that the Founding Fathers had envisioned for a free press in our republic.

I have come to believe that if it wasn't for the voices on the net, the de facto Oligarchy would have a solid, un-breakable lock on the news.

I may seem cool and rational while I type this on an I-phone, but I am angry, very angry, about the state of broadcast media in the US. We SHOULDN'T have to rely on foreigners to bring out this news.

[longship]

5. John Sweeney is a good one. R&K nt

[Surya Gayatri]

8. I love his low-key, but hard-hitting style.

[okaawhatever]

6. I wish people would chill until Trump gets the Republican nomination, then attack. If Trump

doesn't get the nom chances are Cruz will and he has less history and has given us less evidence of his real motives.

[semby2]

11. Primary

You're assuming Republican voters act rationally. They're going to vote for this guy no matter what.

[okaawhatever]

12. I hope so. It will be the entire world vs. Trump in the General. Cruz still has all the evangelicals

and that's no small number when it comes to the GOP.

Welcome to DU

[gabeana]

21. totally agree with you

These guys Cruz/Rubio no different than Trump

[mr_liberal]

30. People here are so dumb.

They dont know how to think strategically. They just know that they hate Trump.

I think theyd actually be happier with a more electable Republican like Kasich. And they wouldnt figure out how dumb that is until after he beat the Democrat in the election. kek

[LannyDeVaney]

34. That's what the Clinton campaign is doing ...

just waiting.

No need in playing their cards yet.

[lindysalsagal]

36. Why bother when the GOP is ripping him up for her?

She's laughing all the way to the oval office.

[Gothmog]

9. The BBC did a great job here

[Surya Gayatri]

10. Top notch. And, you can take their sources to the bank.

They wouldn't risk this exposure if they weren't 100% sure of their facts.

[Journeyman]

13. K & R . . .

[spanone]

14. K&R....

[spooky3]

15. So Ted Cruz's accusations are based in the truth?

[UTUSN]

16. R#23 & K n/t

[lindysalsagal]

17. No surprise that he does business with sociopaths.

Who else would do business with him?

This is a real test of stupid American sheeple:

Now that he's getting trashed 247, can they follow the trasher's lead as easily as they followed him?

[Unrepentant Fenian]

18. Trump is as phony as his hair!

[Arazi]

19. Kicked and Recced eom

[Omaha Steve]

22. Thanks for posting

K&R!

OS

[patricia92243]

25. "Wht did the media not report this?" It would not get the ratings they want (thus money.)

The Republican Party did not take him seriously, therefore he was not a threat. NOW they are taking him seriously, but it might be too late.

My understanding Trump is putting out feelers about having his General Election funded by others. So, it stands to reason that he would turn to the mob as he has done in the past. He would not only be bought and paid for like other candidates, but even worse by letting gangsters take part in his decision making.

The boast about self-funding is ONLY about the primaries. This fact needs to be broadcast far and wide. One of his attractions is he says he will owe nobody and therefore do what he wants. I think this one fact would go a long way toward his undoing - instead of Romney type people who are just the same as he is giving pep-talks.

[meow2u3]

27. The media is in bed with tRump

That's how come they kept tRump's deals with criminals under wraps. He's making a fortune for the M$M and they want to keep their gravy train on the tracks.

[Koinos]

26. K & R

[monicaangela]

28. No wonder Christie

Looks like a hostage...maybe he is.

[mucifer]

31. Mitt Romney did sleazy illegal stuff. George Bush illegally got us into a war.

Some people are just above the law.

[FLPanhandle]

32. Shut the fuck up BBC!

Wait until he is the GOP nominee first.

There is no better Republican nominee for the Democrats since Herbert Hoover.

Let the damn republicans nominate him first, then release this stuff!

[djean111]

33. The scariest thing - none of the other candidates are less ugly and frightening.

They just know how to act as if they are reasonable and mean well.

[MSMITH33156]

35. His voters

won't care. They are in for the racism.

[UTUSN]

37. K for visibility. DRUMPF's hair was *silver*!1 SWEENEY is who did the Scientology expose n/t

[lame54]

38. his followers don't want to hear from no furiners

[spiderpig]

39. Wasn't John Sweeney the BBC reporter who took on Scientology?

That was one heck of an investigative report.

[Hekate]

40. >chuckle< KnR and thanks for this, Surya

Hope all is well with you where you are.

[Surya Gayatri]

42. Hey there, Hekate! Glad you enjoyed it. Pretty incriminating...

My broken hip is coming along. Walking with a simple cane now, instead of crutches.

Hope you're reasonably healthy and
happy, too!

[AngryOldDem]

41. Why aren't the U.S. news media doing more? Here's one explanation:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/les-moonves-donald-trump_us_56d52ce8e4b03260bf780275

There's a reason why Donald Trump gets more minutes during almost every debate or can seemingly call into "The Late Show" or "The View" whenever he has a racist remark and expect the media to do whatever he likes. According to the head of CBS, the foul-mouthed presidential candidate is "damn good" for the network and the "money's rolling in" thanks to his antics.

Les Moonves, executive chairman and CEO of CBS, made the comments during a speech at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference in San Francisco, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

"I've never seen anything like this, and this going to be a very good year for us," he said at the event. "Sorry. It's a terrible thing to say. But, bring it on, Donald. Keep going."

Is the Fourth Estate officially dead in this country yet? I'm sorry, Les, but your entertainment division should take a backseat to your news division. Especially now. Short-sighted, greedy "business decisions" all over the media are killing off the republic just as fast as Der Trumpenfuhrer is.

[Surya Gayatri]

43. Yes, I saw those remarks from the CBS CEO. A damning and shameful

indictment of journalistic ethics in the US. Lethal for American democracy.

[CTyankee]

44. We'll have to see what Joe Scarborough has to say...

The poo-bah of morning political shows will tell us what is real and what is not real.
He knows all and will deliver his judgement likely Monday morning...