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  before the leaked tape of donald trump describing his propensity to grab women by the pussy to billy bush it seemed that the media was ignoring donald trumps glaring faults as a presidential candidate during the primaries  for example he received far more positive media coverage than any of his competitors it turns out there might be a reason for that  trump was bribing the media  at least thats the accusation being made by megyn kelly of fox news 
  in her memoire settle for more which will be released this week kelly said that trump likely received the infamous question in which she asked about the fact that he has called women fat pigs dogs slobs and disgusting animals that question set trump off on one of his twitter tirades these are only a portion 
  the worst and most controversial of which was this 
  as the election progressed it became more and more apparent that trump expected that no matter how egregious his behavior he expected no demanded that the media kiss his orange ass if they didnt he would cut off access but before that he tried bribery 
  while kelly couldnt speak for other members of the media she alleges that trump attempted to buy positive coverage by offering free stays at his hotels with full perks while the attempt clearly didnt work on kelly she says that with some their loyalty came cheap or perhaps not so cheap 
  this is actually one of the untold stories of the  campaign i was not the only journalist to whom trump offered gifts clearly meant to shape coverage kelly said he also attempted to woo them with praise she said adding this is smart because the media is full of people whose egos need stroking 
  trump tried to work the refs and some of the refs responded she said 
  when it became obvious that some reporters were in the tank for trump she alleges in one chapter certain tv hosts would work with the candidate in advance on occasional trump criticism so they would appear unbiased she didnt identify them by name or media outlet 
  source yahoo 
  kelly also asserts that the day before the debate in which kelly asked about trumps treatment of women the candidate called fox news exec bill sammon who told him about the first question all we heard about though during the election was that it was hillary clinton who was fed a town hall debate question and it was hardly earth shattering the insider knowledge said that a woman in the flint michigan debate would ask a question about the flint water  
  while bribing journalists isnt illegal per say it is highly unethical without the fourth estate exposing the underbelly of politicians and of politics democracy is impossible 
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