On “journalistic independence”, NBC told Ed Schultz not to cover Bernie Sanders and why Schultz and Cenk both left the network [1] Im sure we can agree that r

On “journalistic independence”, NBC told Ed Schultz not to cover Bernie Sanders and why Schultz and Cenk both left the network [1] Im sure we can agree that ratings are one of the key drivers and pushed by management. Here’s how cable media profited by covering Trump. This Trump coverage resulted in 160% increase in ratings and in return gave Trump $3 billion [2]in free advertising ( I’ve seen $5billion number in total free coverage as well). [1]https://youtu.be/-0w_8spt-6c https://youtu.be/-0w_8spt-6c [2]https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/487472/ https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/487472/