‘Media out to destroy Trump’

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Speaking with Bill Hemmer at Fox to analyze the second clash between Trump and Hillary Clinton, O’Reilly said he’s “100 percent convinced” of the media plot against Trump.

“I’m talking about big conglomerates. … News organizations have sent, not officially but through the corporate grapevine, [word] that we don’t want anybody supporting Trump. If you study it, you can see which ones they are,” he said.

O’Reilly nevertheless called the debate a “huge win” for Trump.

Sunday night’s moderators Anderson Cooper, from CNN, and Martha Raddatz, from ABC, interrupted, talked over and at one point even debated Trump.

Twitter exploded with Raddatz criticism as a result. Trump adviser and former House speaker Newt Gingrich spoke for many: “Why is Raddatz debating trump? Isn’t that Hillary’s job?”

Former House Speaker Gingrich said Trump “did much better” than in the first debate, but added that the media was running amok. He called them a “lynch mob” attacking Trump.

Gingrich said despite media claims, Hillary Clinton “steadily lost–because her case is so bad”.

“Once you get into substance, she starts to disintegrate,” he said.

But a CNN/ORC poll of debate watchers released last night, sampling only 537 respondents, found that 57% thought Clinton won the debate while 34% thought Trump was victorious, despite not yet releasing its full methodology.

However CNN reported that 58% of the respondents were Democrats. This does not mean that 42% were Republicans, since the 42% figure also includes independents.

In a previous, rigged poll by CNN some 33% of respondents were independents. Even if the number of independents polled this time is significantly lower – say 20% – this would mean that CNN surveyed only 22% Republicans.

Another YouGov poll, which reported that Clinton won the debate 47%-42%, sampled 41% Democrats compared to 31% Republicans, another obvious bias.

Some 10 000 voters chanted “CNN sucks” during a campaign rally for Trump in Pennsylvania Monday night after Trump called the network “a disgrace”.

“I’m telling you, they are so dishonest. Without the media, Hillary Clinton couldn’t be elected dog catcher,” he said to loud cheers.

Trump also tweeted about the network on Monday. This time, he characterized the cable news channel as “the worst” and accused it of rigging a focus group that took place after the second presidential debate.

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