Thread: Report: NBC Planned to Release Vulgar Trump Tape for 'Maximum Impact'

NBC planned to release the vulgar Donald Trump-Billy Bush footage at a time when it would have "maximum impact" on the election, TMZ reported today.

The report cites multiple sources "connected with NBC," stating that executives knew about the footage for longer than they've said publicly.

The report states:

The sources say many NBC execs have open disdain for Trump and their plan was to roll out the tape 48 hours before the debate so it would dominate the news cycle leading up to the face-off.

As we reported, Billy Bush was bragging about the tape -- in front of NBC execs at the Rio Olympics -- in early August. NBC says it's only known about the tape for a little more than a week.

TMZ also reports that NBC wanted to "sanitize" the footage before it was aired, removing parts that would make "Access Hollywood" host Billy Bush look worse.

The tape was reportedly leaked early to the Washington Post by an NBC employee who disagreed that the footage should not be aired until Monday due to Hurricane Matthew coverage.

Earlier this week, NBC said the delay stemmed from concerns about a potential lawsuit by Trump.

Bush is reportedly now negotiating his exit from NBC following the embarrassing footage, in which Trump bragged to him about grabbing women's genitals.

The new reports come as questions are being raised by a WikiLeaks document dump about the Clinton campaign's past coordination with the media.

http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/10/1...maximum-impact

I'm thinking that what the Republican party needs in the future is a candidate with integrity and character and with no major scandals. There are plenty of those in Norwegian politics, whether Christian or non-Christian. Seriously. It can't be that hard to find.

Originally Posted by Colonel

I'm thinking that what the Republican party needs in the future is a candidate with integrity and character and with no major scandals. There are plenty of those in Norwegian politics, whether Christian or non-Christian. Seriously. It can't be that hard to find.

They had one and would not support him either because he was not an inside man..I still believe Republicans were behind this..that this was not just a chance find based on a 'bragging Billy Bush' and would suspect they already negotiated a really nice pay out to sacrifice his job...sounds like Billy boy may have even entrapped Trump on purpose...how long ago was it that Trump entertained the idea of running? Who cares...the video would be good blackmail material if ever needed...

Originally Posted by Colonel

I'm thinking that what the Republican party needs in the future is a candidate with integrity and character and with no major scandals. There are plenty of those in Norwegian politics, whether Christian or non-Christian. Seriously. It can't be that hard to find.

Yes, and of course the same applies to the other major party here.

The last "outsider" who seriously contested for the presidency here in the states was Ross Perot in 1992.
He was a good, serious candidate with no scandals, and he seemed to be a man of integrity.

We didn't deserve Ron Paul, a man of impeccable integrity, 100 percent pro-life, zero scandal, a godly family.

He was and still is considered a "kook".

My, how far we have fallen.

This is a good case in point... if he had not been doing wrong in the first place, this would not be an issue.