How it Started, How it Ended: Looking Back at the Beginning of Trump and the Media
By Steve KrakauerJan 26th, 2021, 10:53 am
There’s a popular meme on social media “how it started/how it’s going.” It’s usually not going particularly well, in the pandemic year we just went through. Well the Trump Era has come and, as of last week, gone. But before we say goodbye, I thought it was important to look at “how it started” – and see what we can learn from it.
This weekend I watched more than a dozen interviews
Donald Trump gave to CNN and MSNBC between the day he announced his candidacy in 2015 through the convention in 2016 when he officially became the GOP nominee. It was just a small sampling he was on those networks all the time! but it’s representative, and fascinating. We can’t forget how the relationship between Trump and the media started. I know news consumers haven’t.