Media Matters reports:
Variety reported on December 8 that Donald Trump will remain as executive producer of The Celebrity Apprentice when the show returns in 2017. This will mean that NBC will have a fiduciary relationship with the president of the United States, creating an unprecedented conflict of interest for the network.
Having Trump as an executive producer is intolerable.
NBC is now financially invested in Trump’s reputation. The network will have an incentive to weigh aggressively reporting about Trump against what they may lose in revenue if Trump’s reputation is damaged. Further, imagine the choices they will face if NBC has a blockbuster story about Trump. This is not inconceivable. Remember, NBC is the network that had the hot mic tape of Trump bragging about sexual assault — but it was The Washington Post, not NBC News, that broke the story. [1]
"Fraudulent conflict of interest….only on #NBC". #trump #apprentice #snl pic.twitter.com/vbTYCaBjTr
— Jeannie (@jeannieologist) December 11, 2016
References:
- Media Matters, December 2016 – Tell NBC: Dump Trump
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