“A recent analysis of election coverage by the Tindall report which tracks network nicely news programs found that Bernie Sanders received just ten minutes out of 857 minutes of campaign coverage in 2015. Compare that to 234 minutes for Donald Trump, and 113 for Hillary Clinton.” FoundMinutesTrumpTenNewsProgramElectionClintonTrackCampaignsCompareAnalysisReportsCoverage Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Jeb`s Bush front-runner status was short lived, to say the least. But who could have predicted that the Republican front-runner would be someone that we were not even thinking about.Donald Trump was not even on anyone`s radar back then and Mike Pence was getting more attention than he was.” ThinkingWould BeAttentionFrontsTrumpRepublicanRunnersMikeRadarShort Lived Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“The leading non-establishment Republican candidate for president, Donald Trump, is just sailing past [establishment Republican candidates] in the polls. He is still surging. He is basically killing them all.” StillsPastPresidentTrumpRepublicanKillingCandidatesEstablishmentSailingPolls Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I do feel like there`s this Republican Party establishment is in disarray. That`s the story that the Donald Trump surge seems to tell.” FeelsStoriesSeemsPartyTrumpRepublicanEstablishmentRepublican PartyDisarray Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“Donald Trump has changed the rule and so have the stations and the media coverage.” MediaChangedTrumpStationsCoverageMedia Coverage Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“The folks like myself that do this for a living, we were expecting a regular campaign had built the databases, done all the new social media, learned our lessons from [Barack] Obama whipping us twice on how to do voter contact, and then Donald Trump gets in it and turns it into a national election.” DoneTurnsSocialMediaTrumpLessonsBuiltElectionFolksSocial MediaCampaignsContactBarackVotersExpectingDatabasesWhipping Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“We were looking for the Rick Perries, the Scott Walkers, the Bobby Jindals, all to probably still be on the stage.They`re all gone and [Donald] Trump has sucked the oxygen out of race and made it a national race courtesy a little bit of NBC making him a celebrity, second of all, just his personality.” LittlesMadeStillsBitsRaceGoneStagePersonalityTrumpLittle BitMade ItOxygenCourtesyWalkersNbc Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“I would agree if the race were today, most likely, our nominee would be Donald Trump, but it isn`t today.” IfsWould BeTodayRaceTrumpAgree Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
“With Donald Trump, you know, what I would tell you is that he`s got shelf life like I never would have guessed.” KnowsTrumpShelvesShelf Life Author:Melissa Harris-Perry
