NBC gives Trump a raise

[Puppycow]

Report: NBC Giving Donald Trump A Big Raise (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/report_nbc_giving_donald_trump_a_big_raise.php?ref =fpc)

The deal will apparently net Burnett and Trump a total of around $160 million, and Trump will personally take in $65 million a year.

I know this probably sounds like a liberal cliche, but what does it say about America when a reality show star makes more than 100 times what the president makes? For being a loud-mouthed ignoramus. I've never seen a single episode of "The Celebrity Apprentice."

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[timhau]

I know this probably sounds like a liberal cliche, but what does it say about America when a reality show star makes more than 100 times what the president makes?

Care to guess what sort of countries usually have their president among their best-paid individuals?

[Puppycow]

Care to guess what sort of countries usually have their president among their best-paid individuals?

Good point, but my lament was more about how much The Donald makes than how much Obama makes. Oh, well. It's not my money, so I suppose I shouldn't care. It still galls me though.

[Babbylonian]

Good point, but my lament was more about how much The Donald makes than how much Obama makes. Oh, well. It's not my money, so I suppose I shouldn't care. It still galls me though.
NBC is a 4th place network and, sad to say, The Celebrity Apprentice is about the only primetime show they've got that generates any audience-attracting buzz. They can't even make their Thursday night sitcom lineup work well despite most of them being good shows.

[cwalner]

Honestly, people who run for POTUS don't do it for the money. The closest comparable job I can think of is CEO of a fortune 500 company, and those guys make much more than the POTUS in terms of salary.

I would claim that there are enough other perks to being POTUS to attract qualified candidates, but I have been through too many elections cycles to believe that a fraction of those that run for POTUS are remotely qualified.

[JoeTheJuggler]

But wait a second, isn't NBC the "network of godless progressives"?

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