All Trump All the Time

To the Point

KCRW

News

4.4 • 583 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Broadcast and cable news networks promise fair political coverage as a public service, with critical time and attention to all candidates. In this year's presidential campaign, the rules are being broken as never before. We hear how "free media" has given Donald Trump an unprecedented advantage over rivals in both parties.

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0:00.0	Join left-right and center host Bob Shear for his new podcast, Shear Intelligence.
0:06.4	The twice-monthly podcast features thinkers and trendsetters in conversation with one of political journalism's leading voices.
0:13.9	Through the show's unique and sometimes surprising perspectives, you'll get up to speed on the current issues shaping the Beltway and the world.
0:23.1	Find sheer intelligence on KCRW's iTunes page.
0:27.6	From KCRW in Santa Monica and PRI, Public Radio International, this is To the Point.
0:35.5	All Trump all the time.
0:41.1	Hello again, I'm Lauren Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International.
0:44.9	A daily look at the users Americans care about most.
0:47.3	Broadcast and cable networks are breaking the rules for news coverage of a presidential campaign.
0:52.0	And Donald Trump joins us by phone right now.
0:54.2	Presidential candidate Donald Trump on the phone with us right now.
0:56.9	Republican frontrunner Donald Trump joins us now by phone.
0:59.5	Mr. Trump, good morning to you.
1:00.8	Good morning.
1:01.3	No other candidate could just call on the phone and get on the air and hold forth
1:04.8	before details of the terror attacks in Belgium had been reported.
1:08.4	Donald Trump has received almost $2 billion worth of free media coverage,
1:12.6	building audience share and driving ad revenue through the roof. Is real journalism being
1:17.8	sacrificed for the bottom of line? Today's talking point, an exotic murder in London turned into a
1:23.6	real life, who done it? First, here's the news.
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