Keith Olbermann called the Facebook show a “prototype for state TV,” meant to “REPLACE” regular news. A journalism professor called it “vile.” There was many a cable news segment built around refuting the Trumpian tagline for “Trump TV,” which calls itself “real news.”
But it’s not much different from “West Wing Week,” except in style. The Obama White House fancied its official videographer more of an auteur, and sure, his work was a slicker version of “Trump TV.” But pretty propaganda is not morally better than the more obvious version. I suppose there’s the possibility of this product someday becoming the “Trump TV” the Trump family was reportedly pondering before the election, which would be very different, but we’re far from that prospect at the moment.
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