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Todd Gitlin: Despite Trump's Mega Press Coverage, Much Still Untold

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TG: This claim is unimpressive. The presumed leaked memo is dated the very day when Sanders declared his candidacy. Peculiar coincidence. Or are we supposed to think that the DNC issued this directive just before Sanders had declared? I smell if not a rat then a confusion. Anyway, early on, Sanders did get the usual negative coverage accorded to a candidate with very small poll support. That changed.

JB: What's your prediction going forward? Will the press bear down and get serious in their coverage? Will the GOP cobble together a plan to deny the nomination to Trump? What other election-related excitement awaits us?

TG: Much of the mainstream press is playing catch-up. Bob Woodward said publicly that the Washington Post has 20 reporters working on Trump. The big question is what TV will do, and about that, i have no prediction.

As for whether the GOP will deny the nomination to Trump, I'm almost certain they won't. To do so, they'd have to agree on a Plan B. Who would that be? They could no more easily settle on a replacement than they could settle on a nominee who wasn't Trump in the first place. As for excitements, it's a safe bet, but if I knew which they'd be, I'd already have placed my bets. Expect the unexpected.

JB: Thanks so much for talking with me, Todd. It's always a pleasure.

TG: Likewise!

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Here are some of Todd's recent pieces about Trump and the campaign generally:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2016/05/12/trump-cracked-the-tv-interviewers-code-its-time-to-change-tactics-before-its-too-late/

http://billmoyers.com/story/media-recalculating-covers-trump/

How Not to Interview Mitch McConnell - BillMoyers.com

Trump's Actual Racism and How It's Thrived - BillMoyers.com

The 'Truth' According to Trump - BillMoyers.com

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/204190/hillary-clinton-on-feet-of-clay

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Joan Brunwasser is a co-founder of Citizens for Election Reform (CER) which since 2005 existed for the sole purpose of raising the public awareness of the critical need for election reform. Our goal: to restore fair, accurate, transparent, secure elections where votes are cast in private and counted in public. Because the problems with electronic (computerized) voting systems include a lack of (more...)
 

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