CNN Cashing In on Trump with Ad Rates for Next GOP Debate
Unfortunately, this has become CNN
It’s been said that presidential elections are “the Super Bowl for national news networks.” If you have ever doubted the authenticity of that aphorism, look no further than what CNN rolled out yesterday to its adoring advertisers.
That would be its latest ad rates sheet.
It seems that everywhere the GOP 17-ring circus rolls up, headlines and PR follow…and so do the ratings. That got CNN thinking: with Fox News still throttling its contemporaries in ratings, CNN wanted to take advantage of its upcoming GOP Debate on September 16 by charging a premium to broadcast a commercial on its airwaves.
How’s 40 times its usual ad rate grab you? And for that price gouging, CNN would like to thank Donald John Trump.
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