Trump Winning A ‘Boon’ For The Media [Video]

CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin told what he viewed as an uncomfortable truth when asked what a victory by former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris would mean for the media industry.

Sorkin was a guest on this week’s edition of Mediaite’s new Press Club podcast, hosted by Aidan McLaughlin, to discuss politics, media, and other topics.

McLaughlin wound down the interview by asking for Sorkin’s take on what the outcome of the election would mean for the media, and Sorkin predicted he would be “excoriated” for assessing a Trump victory as a “boon” to the industry:

Whether Kamala Harris wins or Donald Trump wins, what does it mean for the future of the media industry?

I’m going to be excoriated for this answer.

Keep the cameras rolling.

I would bet from a pure media, eyeballs, readership way, and this is what I think Jeff Zucker might have said back in the day…

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