A group of staffers from conservative website Breitbart.com have accused the website of taking money from Donald Trump in exchange for favorable coverage.
BuzzFeed reported Sunday night that four anonymous sources within the organization say that the website’s management have entered into a “financial arrangement” with the billionaire reality TV star and 2016 presidential hopeful.
“One current editor called the water-carrying ‘despicable’ and ’embarrassing,'” wrote BuzzFeed’s McKay Coppins, “and said he was told by an executive last year that the company had a financial arrangement with Trump.”
Other editors and staffers say they have heard similar statements from management but are fuzzy on the particulars of how the relationship works. Coppins also said that a “conservative communications operative” who has worked closely with the website confirmed that Trump has established a “pay for play” relationship with the right-leaning website in which he opens his wallet in order to shape coverage of his campaign for the Republican 2016 nomination.
None of the informants would go on the record, Coppins said, for fear of losing their jobs at the conservative website.
Trump’s candidacy has suffered since the debate last week. The thin-skinned Republican frontrunner chafed at the tone of some questions by Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and has continued to throw sexist barbs in her direction and accuse her of asking him difficult questions because she was menstruating.
However, Steve Bannon — Breitbart.com’s executive chairman — hotly denied the accusation of a financial arrangement.
“We have no financial relationship with Donald Trump as an investor, advertiser or in any other capacity at this time — nor have we ever,” Bannon said in a statement. “The insinuation that we do — or did — is a lie. Mr. Trump is a savvy and successful businessman but not the type of investor I partner with in emerging growth companies.”didn't Rand Paul accuse Trump of buying politicians and favor when you got big money you automatically become a purchaser of favor people use the fact that they have or control something you want and hang a price tag on it and a egomaniac like Trump
i think would find some sort of pleasure in being able to purchase favor i think people like that see it as buying that person thereby owning them remember Trump went on to say how much he's given to those on stage except who was it Rubio who hurried up and made that clear. but point is when you got it and you want something no price is too much no source is too slimy and Breitbart fills the bill.
