Donald Trump: Media King, 2015 – CNNPolitics.com
Sticking it to the mediaAs the media were obsessing over Trump’s unlikely rise, the real estate mogul was dancing an artful two-step: On the one hand, he courted reporters and editors and took full advantage of the free press (“He basically turned the news media into his advertising vehicle,” Axelrod said.) At the same time, he railed against the media, declaring its members “dishonest scum,” and at rallies and on Twitter singling out reporters and media organizations he disliked.
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