Bill Maher says the media are forced to cover Trump obsessively because they are now indebted to finance

Actor Bill Maher has attributed the exhaustive and obsessive coverage of President Donald Trump by the media to changes in the information sector, which means that he is now indebted to the money and the no to editorial responsibility considerations.

On the real Time with Bill Maher, Her guest, Barbra Streisand, asked why the media continued to cover Trump. "I have a question," she says. "Why do we allow the media to continue showing it on television, why are we covering its rallies?"

"Because there is money in it," replied Maher. "Previously, the media was a losing leader, they were not worried about whether the news coverage was money, and now they have to report to the reserve as all the world."

Host Bill Maher expresses himself on the stage during the Cinema For Peace event. Michael Buckner / Getty Images for Haitian Relief Organization J / P and Cinema For Peace

Trump has repeatedly criticized the media, calling the critical coverage "false news". While supporters of the president have resumed the speech to attack and denigrate coverage that does not match their views, many other actors in the political spectrum have expressed another frustration: the sector, become obsessed with the ratings of the world. listen online and on television, and reinforce Trump by engaging in his sensational and conflicting rhetoric to improve his results.

Senator Hawaii Brian Schatz echoed Streisand's feelings in August. "If something interesting happens at a Trump rally, report it," said the Democratic senator. "But at this point, nothing justifies literally covering it as breaking news."

New Yorker Media critic Ken Auletta also commented critically on how much attention Trump receives. "CNN has been saying for years that its brand was" we cover the world "and that in fact you have more journalists in the world than any other television network, certainly in the United States," he said. he declares. m said. "However, if you watch CNN from four o'clock until eleven o'clock in the evening, it's the 100% Trump network."

"I mean, I'm getting more news from the Middle East on [Fox News anchor] Bret Baier at six o'clock than me at CNN, "he said.

A 2016 study by the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy revealed that the "extremely negative" coverage of the Trump campaign had helped his message.

"When everything and everyone is described as deeply flawed, there is no sense to make distinctions on this basis, which benefits those who are more deeply defective," the study said. "The real bias of the press is not the fact that he is liberal, his bias is a marked preference for the negative."

Jim VandeHei, of Axios, described social media as fueling the problem. With the information publishers 'content designed to address readers' prejudices, it helps to "inject into our face endless emotional and partisan waste," he said.