Carusone: Donald Trump Is "Dominating The Airwaves" And Is Not "Challenged With Facts"
ELIZABETH PURANAM (HOST): We heard from Trump in Florida earlier saying that, you know, nobody's received the kind of bad publicity, he actually used the words bad, and advertising that he has in this campaign and yet his numbers keep going up, this is what he said. I mean, does he get, is he getting bad publicity that he isn't asking for with the kind of things he is saying? And if his poll numbers do keep going up, is all publicity good publicity?
ANGELO CARUSONE: Well first, I would even challenge the premise which is that, in his claim that he is getting bad publicity. That doesn't certainly seem to be the case. You know, if you measure it out, he's gotten about $2 billion, $2 billion, worth of free airtime. That's, you know, 10 times more than the next best Republican rival, you know, has gotten in free or sort of earned media. So on balance, he is sort of dominating the airwaves there. But there's another element to it which is that if you look at the substance of those interviews, it's not that he is going into these interviews and he is being, you know, challenged with facts and aggressive, sort of like, you know, journalism and questions. Reporters are afraid that Donald Trump will shut him out. And so on balance, when he goes in there, they're very soft interviews. There's a hesitation to actually force Donald Trump to confront facts. It's typically, you know the discussions and the subject matter is exactly what he wants it to be about. Now on the surface it might seem like a controversy, but it's a controversy that he created. Which means he understands its benefit to him, his campaign, and where he needs to go with that controversy in order to maximize the benefits from it.
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