The observatory
"We're sorry, Trump."
Former US President Donald Trump was not joking when he said at the beginning of his second term in 2017 that "newspapers, satellite channels and various media will collapse if he disappears from the scene."
Trump was right, and he assesses the size of his personal influence without narcissism, as he was really morning and evening talk, and his statements were the fuel that the American media work with, regardless of the content of the man's hard-line policies and statements.
According to the newspaper "Asharq Al-Awsat", the percentage of "Washington Post" surfers on its website decreased by 26% in January 2021 compared to the same month in 2020, and "New York Times" viewership decreased by 17%, and "CNN" By 45%.
The phenomenon of reading and watching the "most provocative" is a reality in today's world, where the most useful or valuable content is no longer the most sought-after, but rather the loudest and most photographed content.
The most dangerous thing about the Trump phenomenon at the media level was not its endless clamor, demonstrations and provocations, nor his official overthrow of the entire old media system, and his reliance on Twitter only, which he had 47 million followers on, according to the book "Media Frenzy" by Howard Kurtz, but rather For arranging a complete American way of life on the media level, it makes his citizen wait every evening for a different "president's event", in a country where the "more" and "higher" preference form plays a major role in the way of life of its children.
Amid this feeling of lack, "Fox News" heralded its audience, on the words of former US President's advisor Gaston Miller, that Trump would soon return to the heart of the American media scene.
Miller said in detailing the surprise news that "Trump will appear on his own platform in the social media world within a month or two, and that the platform will attract tens of millions, and it will be able to re-define the terms of the match."
Miller, whose wording of the news was intended to be fanciful, added, “This step will be the hottest ticket in the media. Everyone is waiting to see what Trump will do.
He has met representatives of many companies and held negotiations with different teams. The platform will be large and many want to win the deal. ”
As is the case with every piece of news associated with Trump, newspapers, websites and stations asked constantly, why is Tawasul website and not a newspaper or satellite TV?
Is a period of two or three months sufficient to prepare a site worthy of an American president?
Is preserving the site after its launch against hacking easy?
Will the site be directed to America or the world?
The previous statement about his limitations also sparked a bit of nostalgia, for the "man's quarrels" in the American street. His opponents, before his supporters, did not conceal their longing for a moment to hear the "charismatic president" again, especially since his influence this time will not exceed words, at least his loudness will be at its most extreme Less stress than the news of "Corona", which dominates bulletins and analyzes.
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