{"id":569370,"date":"2023-04-08T16:13:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-08T13:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/indictment-underscores-medias-trump-obsession\/"},"modified":"2023-04-08T16:13:54","modified_gmt":"2023-04-08T13:13:54","slug":"indictment-underscores-medias-trump-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/indictment-underscores-medias-trump-obsession\/","title":{"rendered":"#Indictment underscores media\u2019s Trump obsession"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/04\/mediacrew_040423_getty_trump-media.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Wall-to-wall <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> coverage of Donald Trump\u2019s indictment this week underscores\u00a0the former\u00a0president\u2019s hold on the press and the challenges for rivals to break through. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Cable networks breathlessly covered the indictment, even when there was little\u00a0new\u00a0to report.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Local <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> helicopters followed as Trump left his Florida home for the airport, prompting comparisons to the O.J. Simpson Ford Bronco chase in 1994. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Choppers hovered again as Trump\u2019s motorcade snaked up the\u00a0highway to\u00a0the Manhattan courthouse, and again as he departed the Big <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le that afternoon. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night \u2014even with a consequential election in Wisconsin to determine the balance of the state\u2019s supreme court \u2014there was little talk of anything else.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The non-stop Trump-cycle foreshadows what the months ahead are likely to look like for Trump\u2019s GOP opponents and President Biden. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The public appetite for Trump news can make it difficult for others to break through.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0some\u00a0cable networks \u201clove to hate him,\u201d as one Democratic strategist put it,\u00a0the former president\u00a0is good for business.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cAs much as I hate to say it, Trump sells, he\u2019s good for television ratings, he\u2019s good for books, he drives the conversation for better or worse,\u201d the Democratic strategist acknowledged.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s an old story in the media, that prompted some to question whether companies criticized for giving Trump free press in the run-up to the 2020 election had learned anything. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Seven years ago,\u00a0as Trump dominated the airwaves and front pages, then-CBS CEO Les Moonves declared at a Morgan Stanley Conference that Trump\u2019s presidential run \u201cmay not be good for America, but it\u2019s damn good for CBS.\u201d\u00a0Moonves later claimed it was a joke, saying it lacked context and was in response to a question not about TV ratings but local political ad spending.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The current Trump media blitz created\u00a0a meta moment of sorts. Even television pundits highly critical of Trump acknowledged he was driving their coverage.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC morning host Joe Scarborough, who has made a name for himself in the cable news business criticizing Trump and his allies, pointed out on his show Wednesday morning that Trump was once again \u201cmanipulating\u201d media companies like the one he works for as part of a campaign strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were on it,\u201d Scarborough said of the television coverage of Trump\u2019s plane taking off from Mar-a-Lago and landing in New York. \u201cEvery network was on it forever, and then it lands, and we\u2019re on the Trump plane. We gave the guy,\u00a0I would guess, $40 to $50 million of earned media.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>If the news business is addicted to Trump, it will be a difficult addiction to fix. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nielsen Media Research data showed each of the three major cable news networks \u2014\u00a0Fox News, CNN and MSNBC \u2014\u00a0averaged more than a million \u201ctotal day\u201d viewers on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Fox experienced its biggest bump during Trump\u2019s post-indictment speech from Mar-A-Lago, which it aired in full, averaging 4.4 million viewers in prime time. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>CNN, which also carried the majority of Trump\u2019s speech live, netted 1.7 million. MSNBC, which notably decided against airing Trump\u2019s speech live, pulled in 2.3 million during the same time period.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cable news channels have shown no sign of turning their attention away from\u00a0the former president\u00a0since, with Fox announcing late Thursday the former president would sit with Tucker Carlson, cable\u2019s top-rated host, for what it billed as Trump\u2019s \u201cfirst interview since his indictment.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tobe Berkovitz, a professor emeritus at Boston University who worked as a political media consultant, said \u201cit is the gift that will keep on giving for cable news.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cPrior to the indictment news cycle, the liberal cable networks managed to eke out hour after hour of commentary about Trump. But that was a stretch,\u201d Berkovitz said. \u201cWith the indictment, all-Trump, all the time is a lay-up.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He predicted that when the current story \u201creverts to a lower key hiatus between the indictment and court hearings, Trump will fire up the publicity afterburners and provide cable news a revised rationale for the Trump obsession.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other political players have to adapt their strategies for the media\u2019s Trump obsession. \u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>During the 2020 presidential election, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Joe Biden and his team debate what to do. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They ended up building a television studio at Biden\u2019s Wilmington home, allowing him to speak directly to the public. That worked during a pandemic that has much of the country locked in their homes, but 2024 will be a different situation. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was asked by a reporter whether there was concern that Biden\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">trip<\/a> this week to Minnesota and his overall messaging would be overshadowed by the media spotlight on the Trump indictment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus is going to continue to be on the American people,\u201d Jean-Pierre said. \u201cWhat you all cover is up to you, but we\u2019re going to do our best to stay the course, to talk about the issues that matter.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the week, another story\u2014 the expulsion of two Tennessee lawmakers after their participation in an anti-gun protest \u2014 became the top story for most news outlets.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But Michael Serazio, an associate professor of communication at Boston College, predicted that Trump would continue to dominate news coverage in the coming months.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s entirely symbiotic,\u201d Serazio said of the relationship between the former president and the press. \u201cAs much as he needs the media to fortify his popularity, the media needs a character like Trump because he was and will remain a totally unique performer in American politics.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese media companies are stages, and they need a lead actor,\u201d he continued, adding that this week it \u201cfelt like the main character had returned to the stage.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Brett Samuels contributed.\u00a0<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <em>Updated at 10:33 a.m.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar Media Inc. 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