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lame54

(35,290 posts)
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 09:18 AM Aug 2016

Here's A Dangerous Theory

http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/are-donald-trump-stephen-bannon-and-roger-ailes-cooking-post-election-media-empire

After Trump loses, don’t be surprised to see Bannon join forces with Trump and Roger Ailes (the former Fox News guru deposed for engaging in sexual harassment of employees who recently jumped aboard Trump’s sinking ship) to create a new right-wing media conglomerate — Trump TV or Trump Media — linking Breitbart News to a new cable network that will almost make Fox News look tame and responsible. Together, Trump, Ailes and Bannon would run their media empire to advance their common goals: gaining political influence, massaging their massive egos, moving the Republican Party further to the right, attacking Democrats and liberal ideas, and promoting a neo-fascist agenda combining xenophobia, racism, sexism, government-bashing, and anti-immigrant nativism.
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Here's A Dangerous Theory (Original Post) lame54 Aug 2016 OP
The danger I foresee is the thumping rejection of Trump will be seen as a mandate HereSince1628 Aug 2016 #1
Hannity will be their first "star" host lapfog_1 Aug 2016 #2
It's been discussed for a while that that is his Plan B. I kind of expect it to happen. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Aug 2016 #3
I suspect it is actually Plan A.... Wounded Bear Aug 2016 #5
It will do as well edhopper Aug 2016 #4
LOL!! 2naSalit Aug 2016 #7
I think this will happen as well. Old and In the Way Aug 2016 #6

HereSince1628

(36,063 posts)
1. The danger I foresee is the thumping rejection of Trump will be seen as a mandate
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 09:31 AM
Aug 2016

for Third-Way ideology rather than the content of the party platform.

Wounded Bear

(58,656 posts)
5. I suspect it is actually Plan A....
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 10:11 AM
Aug 2016

Perhaps a competitor would break the stranglehold that Faux has had on conservative media. Not sure if a good thing or bad thing.

edhopper

(33,579 posts)
4. It will do as well
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 10:06 AM
Aug 2016

as the Palin Channel.

Cable Networks will have to think twice about a channel run by degenerate Ailes.
And they will get no sponsors.

Trump really doesn't have the money to set this up anyway.

Old and In the Way

(37,540 posts)
6. I think this will happen as well.
Sun Aug 28, 2016, 10:15 AM
Aug 2016

Trump will move to monetise the Trump voter demographic. However, I think we will see Fox move closer to the center and focus on the GOPe and right leaning Indies. Trump will have the GOPar viewers and will bring on Alex Jones to fuel the paranoid of the uneducated, low info that is now Trump's base. There will be a war between the factions, leaving little time for either to focus on the democrats.

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