"We Got Played!" Media Triggered After Trump Trolls Them Into Covering Military Endorsements

"We got played, again, by the Trump campaign." — CNN's John King
Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Sep. 16, 2016

The absolute madman strikes again!

From The Daily Caller:

WASHINGTON — The media showed up to the presidential ballroom of the new Trump International Hotel on Friday morning expecting Donald Trump to take questions about whether he still questions if President Obama was born in the United States.

Instead, they got more than a half hour of a variety of military heroes — generals, medal of honor recipients and a gold star wife — expressing support for the Republican nominee. And it all aired live on the cable news networks.

Before the event, Trump tweeted: “I am now going to the brand new Trump International, Hotel D.C. for a major statement.” That was interpreted by the press to mean he was going to address “birther questions.”

Trump instead showcased a bunch of military heroes endorsements for 30 minutes straight, only addressing the birther issue at the very end.

Triggered media hacks expressed their outrage on Twitter:

18 months into this cable networks are still letting Trump hijack them for free airtime -- ad time -- by promising a "major announcement'
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) September 16, 2016

This is a f--king disgrace... https://t.co/YtSjlt57Os
— Glenn Thrush (@GlennThrush) September 16, 2016

So at what point does this become an-kind contribution from the networks to the Trump campaign?
— Jonathan Cohn (@CitizenCohn) September 16, 2016

Trump's campaign hyped up change on birther issue. And now that TV networks carrying it live, we've had 20 mins of veterans endorsing Trump
— Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) September 16, 2016

Networks going to stick with Trump as he tries to cloak his racist birtherism in the herosim and service of these vets?
— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) September 16, 2016

“We got played, again, by the Trump campaign.” — John King just now on CNN.
— Matt Viser (@mviser) September 16, 2016

Once again, the American news media gets totally played by Trump. Wall-to-wall coverage. We’re all guilty.
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) September 16, 2016

When he finally addressed the birther issue, he said: "Hillary Clinton, and her campaign of 2008, started the birther controversy -- I finished it."

"Barack Obama was born in the United States, period. Now we all want to get back to making America strong and great again."

Trump tricked the media into actually doing their jobs. All things are possible.

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