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Trump can still speak directly to the voters who are interested. It turns out not very many are interested. E.g.: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/trump-blog-pag
by wpietri 5y ago
Trump can still speak directly to the voters who are interested. It turns out not very many are interested. E.g.: https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/trump-blog-page-shuts-down-for-good.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/02/trump-blog-page-shuts-down-f...
Even Fox has stopped running his events: https://deadline.com/2021/06/donald-trump-rally-networks-skip-coverage-fox-news-1234782250/ https://deadline.com/2021/06/donald-trump-rally-networks-ski...
The largest pro-Trump network has seen major declines in ratings: https://www.thewrap.com/newsmax-fox-news-six-months-ratings/ https://www.thewrap.com/newsmax-fox-news-six-months-ratings/
- l33t2328 5y agoIt’s much harder now because he’s been effectively banned from every relevant “public square”.
- wpietri 5y agoThat is a fascinating nationalization of private space that did not exist 15 years ago. Was every politician prior to Twitter's ascendance effectively banned from communicating with the public?