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The Sunday Story: Media "Failings" In Covering Trump

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🗓️ 17 December 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Today on The Sunday Story host Ayesha Rascoe explores the media's challenge in covering Donald Trump. As he campaigns for a second term as President, Trump is increasingly threatening retribution and violent acts if he's reelected. Rascoe speaks with a journalist and a scholar who both believe the media is failing to convey the danger Trump poses to American democracy.

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0:00.0

I'm Aye Shorasko and this is a Sunday story.

0:05.0

In the fourth and final Republican debate on December 6th,

0:10.0

Governor Chris Christie addressed the elephant in the room.

0:14.0

He warned Americans of what may come if Donald Trump gets reelected president.

0:19.0

Let me make it clear.

0:21.0

His conduct is unacceptable. He's unfit and be careful of what you're going to get.

0:26.6

If you ever got another Donald Trump term, he's letting you know, I am your retribution.

0:31.6

He will only be, Elizabeth, he will only be his own retribution.

0:35.3

He doesn't care for the American people.

0:37.3

It's Donald Trump first.

0:39.1

How to cover Trump is a question that's haunted the media since Trump's surprise win in 2016.

0:45.7

A 2018 study showed that Trump received around $2 billion in free media and got substantially more coverage than his opponents aiding his

0:55.4

campaign. Now Trump is dominating headlines again as he faces federal indictments

1:01.0

and civil lawsuits while campaigning at the same time.

1:05.0

Making every executive branch employee fireable by the president.

1:11.0

As I said, I will keep men out of women's sports and I will sign a law prohibiting child

1:16.4

sexual mutilation.

1:18.7

We will root out the communists, Marxists, fascist, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country

1:29.0

will carry out the largest domestic deportation operation in American history.

1:35.6

In my other job as host a weekend edition Sunday,

1:38.9

I did an interview recently that really made me think about Trump and how we cover him as journalist.

1:48.5

I wanted to share it with you.

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