The media is swaying young people?s votes
?Donald Trump?s surge in the Republican primary is being helped by an unlikely ally: the press? (Bacon, page 1). They say there?s no such thing as bad publicity and trump has taken that idea and ran with it. Whether he is saying controversial things like his comments towards Mexican immigrants ?They?re bringing drugs. They?re bringing Crime. They are Rapists. And some, I assume are good people? (Donald Trump), bashing other people on twitter to spread his ideas, or doing the ?Hotline Bling? dance on Saturday Night Live. Donald Trump is using the media to his advantage during his race for Presidency. ?46 percent of media coverage over the last month about the GOP candidates were about Trump? (Bacon, page 1). Trump is using the media to make sure that he is the only politician seen when you turn on the T.V
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The media gets people to form opinions on who they want to vote for, the media is even getting people who weren?t even interested in voting out to the booths this election. Media is becoming powerful in these races where the presidential race could be determined not by the best debate, but by the best tweet.
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