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Related: About this forumHillary meets the press....
This was yesterday--. Wish Politico would not link her presser to the donald!!--but it IS Politico,who have never been friends to any Democrat!
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-media-blitz-224098
Hillary Clinton, until today, had sharply limited her interactions with the national press pack, seeking out local outlets or softer formats like "Ellen." | Getty
Clinton celebrates with Trump-like media spree
By Nolan D. McCaskill
06/08/16 07:54 PM EDT
A day after becoming the first woman to claim a major political partys presidential nomination, Hillary Clinton on Wednesday took a page from Donald Trumps book.
It involved a lot of talking.
The now-presumptive Democratic presidential nominee blitzed the media Wednesday, phoning four major newspapers for exclusive 10-minute interviews and granting additional sit-downs with five major television networks including a rare appearance on Fox News.
Clinton and Trump will likely be crowned their partys nominee at their respective conventions in July, setting up a high-stakes clash between two vastly different candidates with two vastly different approaches to the press.
Trump, a reality star weaned on New York's hothouse tabloid culture, has dominated the media landscape throughout his unorthodox campaign, generating obsessive TV coverage of his often bombastic and off-the-cuff remarks.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/06/hillary-clinton-media-blitz-224098#ixzz4B575rJBx
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Hillary meets the press.... (Original Post)
riversedge
Jun 2016
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(305,137 posts)1. Thanks, rivers.. Cool pic of Hillary meeting the Press!
apcalc
(4,516 posts)2. IMO, the press and media have never been good to her
Articles and reporting have a negative bias.
Her Sister
(6,444 posts)3. Likening it to Trump! Argh!
Freaking disgusts! The world does NOT revolve around Trump!
This is about HRC! This is about us, HER supporters and voters!
liberal N proud
(60,936 posts)4. She was smart not meeting with the press
They have never been good to her, so why should she have been good to them.
Now, she kind of has have some exposure to them, a necessary evil.
Lucinda
(31,170 posts)5. I like the fact that she is doing press her way
They, all too often, try and make news rather than report it.