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LonelyStoner 11/12/24 9:21:13 AM #1:	https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/former-nbc-exec-regrets-helping-market-the-apprentice-1236034931/ Former NBC chief marketer John D. Miller wrote in an op-ed this week he regrets helping market Donald Trumps The Apprentice, saying he helped create a monster. The Apprentice ran for 15 seasons from 2004 to 2017; Trump hosted the first 14 installments. To sell the show, we created the narrative that Trump was a super-successful businessman who lived like royalty. That was the conceit of the show, Miller wrote in an op-ed for U.S. News. At the very least, it was a substantial exaggeration; at worst, it created a false narrative by making him seem more successful than he was. --- He's all alone through the day and night. <cite>LonelyStoner posted [p:982908774] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/former-nbc-exec-regrets-helping-market-the-apprentice-1236034931/Former NBC chief marketer John D. Miller wrote in an op-ed this week he regrets helping market Donald Trumps The Apprentice, saying he helped create a monster. The Apprentice ran for 15 seasons from 2004 to 2017; Trump hosted the first 14 installments. To sell the show, we created the narrative that Trump was a super-successful businessman who lived like royalty. That was the conceit of the show, Miller wrote in an op-ed for U.S. News. At the very least, it was a substantial exaggeration; at worst, it created a false narrative by making him seem more successful than he was.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LightSnake 11/12/24 9:22:17 AM #2:	Yeah, bit late for this... --- Ring the bells that still can ring/Forget your perfect offering/There is a crack in everything/That's how the light gets in."- RIP, Leonard Cohen <cite>LightSnake posted [p:982908782] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, bit late for this...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WingsOfGood 11/12/24 9:23:46 AM #3:	crying on his pile of money I bet this exec is <cite>WingsOfGood posted [p:982908796] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>crying on his pile of money I bet this exec is</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SpawnShadow 11/12/24 9:25:47 AM #5:	May the name of John D. Miller be cursed forevermore. --- I don't want to live on this planet anymore. <cite>SpawnShadow posted [p:982908816] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>May the name of John D. Miller be cursed forevermore.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterpug53 11/12/24 9:27:14 AM #6:	Remember when a CNN exec publicly regretted elevating Trump in 2016? Thankfully they made up for that in the 2024 election! --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read. <cite>masterpug53 posted [p:982908829] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Remember when a CNN exec publicly regretted elevating Trump in 2016? Thankfully they made up for that in the 2024 election!</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
megamanfreakXD 11/12/24 9:31:16 AM #7:	Reminds me of a certain someone who didnt get into art school --- https://imgur.com/siho8xp http://error1355.com/ce/megamanfreakXD.html <cite>megamanfreakXD posted [p:982908856] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Reminds me of a certain someone who didnt get into art school</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BlueTigerLion 11/12/24 9:31:54 AM #8:	If The Apprentice is on Peacock right now this article is probably a lie. Since that would mean NBC still trying to make money off the show. --- Hey now. <cite>BlueTigerLion posted [p:982908865] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>If The Apprentice is on Peacock right now this article is probably a lie. Since that would mean NBC still trying to make money off the show.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
K181 11/12/24 9:32:46 AM #9:	They can go fuck themself. --- Irregardless, for all intensive purposes, I could care less. <cite>K181 posted [p:982908871] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>They can go fuck themself.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LonelyStoner 11/12/24 9:33:36 AM #10:	BlueTigerLion posted... If The Apprentice is on Peacock right now this article is probably a lie. Since that would mean NBC still trying to make money off the show. It isnt a lie, even if The Apprentice is on Peacock. The exec is on video saying he regrets it. --- He's all alone through the day and night. <cite>LonelyStoner posted [p:982908885] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>BlueTigerLion posted... </cite><quote>If The Apprentice is on Peacock right now this article is probably a lie. Since that would mean NBC still trying to make money off the show.</quote>It isnt a lie, even if The Apprentice is on Peacock. The exec is on video saying he regrets it.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
vycebrand2 11/12/24 9:33:51 AM #11:	How did Trump get the apprentice gig? He's been known worldwide since the 80's, songs mention him, tv shows, appeared in movies. --- I was born when she kissed me. I died when she left me. I lived a few weeks while she loved me- <cite>vycebrand2 posted [p:982908887] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>How did Trump get the apprentice gig? He's been known worldwide since the 80's, songs mention him, tv shows, appeared in movies. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
loafy013 11/12/24 9:53:44 AM #12:	vycebrand2 posted... How did Trump get the apprentice gig? He's been known worldwide since the 80's, songs mention him, tv shows, appeared in movies. Not sure if it was this interview or not, but I have seen it mentioned that he was the only "successful" businessman that actually had free time to do the show. --- The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes. That's fact. Everything else, is theory. <cite>loafy013 posted [p:982909068] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>vycebrand2 posted... </cite><quote>How did Trump get the apprentice gig? He's been known worldwide since the 80's, songs mention him, tv shows, appeared in movies.</quote>Not sure if it was this interview or not, but I have seen it mentioned that he was the only "successful" businessman that actually had free time to do the show.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GuerrillaSoldier 11/12/24 10:03:57 AM #13:	lol, look at it pretending like it has a soul --- Disclaimer: There's a good chance the above post could be sarcasm. Die-hard Oakland A's fan --- Keep the A's in Oakland! <cite>GuerrillaSoldier posted [p:982909167] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>lol, look at it pretending like it has a soul</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Philip027 11/12/24 10:08:07 AM #14:	Everything that this guy says is very believable, up to the point where he says he has regrets. Just had to ruin it there, didn't ya Johnny? <cite>Philip027 posted [p:982909197] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Everything that this guy says is very believable, up to the point where he says he has regrets.Just had to ruin it there, didn't ya Johnny?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ReturnOfDevsman 11/12/24 10:41:48 AM #15:	Trump has been a weird kind of celebrity for decades. He was parodied in Back to the Future 2 and made a cameo appearance in Home Alone 2. --- Arguing on CE be all like: https://youtu.be/JpRKrs67lOs?si=kPGA2RCKVHTdbVrJ <cite>ReturnOfDevsman posted [p:982909552] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Trump has been a weird kind of celebrity for decades. He was parodied in Back to the Future 2 and made a cameo appearance in Home Alone 2.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Voidgolem 11/12/24 10:43:41 AM #16:	Maybe the time for those regrets was before sane-washing him for years --- Why not go all in? <cite>Voidgolem posted [p:982909582] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Maybe the time for those regrets was before sane-washing him for years</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Popo 11/12/24 10:44:48 AM #17:	Sincere or not, I dont think anyone could have predicted back then that Trump would turn into a threat to democracy. It was an entertaining show, and nothing more. I personally really liked the first season. --- Live action Hungry Hungry Hippos though, now that was a sport. ~Aeon Azuran <cite>The_Popo posted [p:982909591] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Sincere or not, I dont think anyone could have predicted back then that Trump would turn into a threat to democracy. It was an entertaining show, and nothing more. I personally really liked the first season. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smashingpmkns 11/12/24 10:46:33 AM #18:	Tbf hindsight is 20/20. It would be pretty much impossible to predict that the "you're fired" guy with the bad hair piece would become the fascist leader of America. Like go back in time to the height of the Apprentice and tell people that guy will be the president of the united states. No one would believe you. --- http://i.imgur.com/x04tPRZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/t7T392I.jpg <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:982909612] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Tbf hindsight is 20/20. It would be pretty much impossible to predict that the "you're fired" guy with the bad hair piece would become the fascist leader of America. Like go back in time to the height of the Apprentice and tell people that guy will be the president of the united states. No one would believe you. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterpug53 11/12/24 10:47:45 AM #19:	The_Popo posted... Sincere or not, I dont think anyone could have predicted back then that Trump would turn into a threat to democracy. It was an entertaining show, and nothing more. I personally really liked the first season. I was rewatching old Craig Ferguson Late Late Show eps a year or so ago, and he went on a rant against the insanity of a potential Trump presidency in 2011. "He BANKRUPTED a CASINO!!" --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read. <cite>masterpug53 posted [p:982909622] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>The_Popo posted... </cite><quote>Sincere or not, I dont think anyone could have predicted back then that Trump would turn into a threat to democracy. It was an entertaining show, and nothing more. I personally really liked the first season.</quote>I was rewatching old Craig Ferguson Late Late Show eps a year or so ago, and he went on a rant against the insanity of a potential Trump presidency in 2011. "He BANKRUPTED a CASINO!!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Philip027 11/12/24 10:58:38 AM #20:	Yeah, that part about him never foreseeing what Trump would become? That's all very believable. I believe it, anyway. But any time a CEO or corporate executive claims to regret something that made them a butt ton of money? My finger is already hovering over the X button before I've even read the details. <cite>Philip027 posted [p:982909731] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, that part about him never foreseeing what Trump would become? That's all very believable. I believe it, anyway.But any time a CEO or corporate executive claims to regret something that made them a butt ton of money? My finger is already hovering over the X button before I've even read the details.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZevLoveDOOM 11/12/24 11:07:47 AM #21:	spare me with your crocodile tears NBC. <cite>ZevLoveDOOM posted [p:982909830] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>spare me with your crocodile tears NBC.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sir_Will 11/12/24 11:37:57 AM #22:	Smashingpmkns posted... Tbf hindsight is 20/20. It would be pretty much impossible to predict that the "you're fired" guy with the bad hair piece would become the fascist leader of America. Like go back in time to the height of the Apprentice and tell people that guy will be the president of the united states. No one would believe you. Yeah. Granted, there were other problems with elevating him like that, given his record and the kind of person he is. But nobody could predict it would end up like this. That people would be stupid enough to do it. Twice. --- River Song: Well, I was off to this gay gypsy bar mitzvah for the disabled when I thought 'Gosh, the Third Reich's a bit rubbish, I think i'll kill the Fuhrer' <cite>Sir_Will posted [p:982910088] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Smashingpmkns posted... </cite><quote>Tbf hindsight is 20/20. It would be pretty much impossible to predict that the "you're fired" guy with the bad hair piece would become the fascist leader of America. Like go back in time to the height of the Apprentice and tell people that guy will be the president of the united states. No one would believe you.</quote>Yeah. Granted, there were other problems with elevating him like that, given his record and the kind of person he is. But nobody could predict it would end up like this. That people would be stupid enough to do it. Twice.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheOtherMike 11/12/24 11:44:18 AM #23:	My Republican room mate in 2006 said he wanted Trump to run for President, and I was like "the guy that keeps bankrupting everything he touches?" --- Only two things can end a Republican's career - a dead girl or a live boy. <cite>TheOtherMike posted [p:982910156] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>My Republican room mate in 2006 said he wanted Trump to run for President, and I was like "the guy that keeps bankrupting everything he touches?"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
rexcrk 11/12/24 12:00:15 PM #24:	In fairness, its not like theres any way of knowing exactly how someone is gonna turn out to be. --- Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light. <cite>rexcrk posted [p:982910321] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>In fairness, its not like theres any way of knowing exactly how someone is gonna turn out to be. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
aarrgus 11/12/24 12:05:57 PM #25:	No shit, Sherlock. --- Last night I was lying in bed, staring at the stars, and I wondered... Where the *** is my roof?* <cite>aarrgus posted [p:982910372] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>No shit, Sherlock.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Philip027 11/12/24 12:07:15 PM #26:	rexcrk posted... In fairness, its not like theres any way of knowing exactly how someone is gonna turn out to be. That's not the part people are criticizing. Nobody was anticipating this or expecting anyone else to anticipate it at the time. <cite>Philip027 posted [p:982910383] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>rexcrk posted... </cite><quote>In fairness, its not like theres any way of knowing exactly how someone is gonna turn out to be. </quote>That's not the part people are criticizing. Nobody was anticipating this or expecting anyone else to anticipate it at the time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ZevLoveDOOM 11/12/24 12:09:17 PM #27:	i didnt know much about Trump at the time. other than the fact that he had a reality show where he kept blurting out his famous catchphrase: "You're being terminated from your current place of employment!" such innocent times... <cite>ZevLoveDOOM posted [p:982910408] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>i didnt know much about Trump at the time. other than the fact that he had a reality show where he kept blurting out his famous catchphrase:"You're being terminated from your current place of employment!"such innocent times...</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
aarrgus 11/12/24 12:17:52 PM #28:	https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5cadb78f.jpg BTW... this is an example of what people thought about Donald Dumbass in the 1980's. To give him a tv show decades later was already stupid. (Bloom County had a story in which Donald got hit with a boat anchor and his brain was transplanted into Bill the Cat) --- Last night I was lying in bed, staring at the stars, and I wondered... Where the *** is my roof?* <cite>aarrgus posted [p:982910502] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5cadb78f.jpgBTW... this is an example of what people thought about Donald Dumbass in the 1980's. To give him a tv show decades later was already stupid. (Bloom County had a story in which Donald got hit with a boat anchor and his brain was transplanted into Bill the Cat)</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Srk700 11/12/24 12:33:25 PM #29:	Yeah, you should have looked at all his failed businesses before you tried to market him as a good businessman. <cite>Srk700 posted [p:982910674] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, you should have looked at all his failed businesses before you tried to market him as a good businessman.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC 11/12/24 12:42:23 PM #30:	aarrgus posted... https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5cadb78f.jpg BTW... this is an example of what people thought about Donald Dumbass in the 1980's. To give him a tv show decades later was already stupid. (Bloom County had a story in which Donald got hit with a boat anchor and his brain was transplanted into Bill the Cat) When he got elected in 2016, one of my coworkers was this middle-aged Brooklyn Italian guy, and when I told him Trump had won, he said "Oh, fer the luvva Christ, the guy's a scumbag! Everyone in the city knows it!" --- The world may be going to Hell, but I am personally awash with convenience. <cite>DiScOrDtHeLuNaTiC posted [p:982910789] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>aarrgus posted... </cite><quote>https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/5cadb78f.jpgBTW... this is an example of what people thought about Donald Dumbass in the 1980's. To give him a tv show decades later was already stupid. (Bloom County had a story in which Donald got hit with a boat anchor and his brain was transplanted into Bill the Cat)</quote>When he got elected in 2016, one of my coworkers was this middle-aged Brooklyn Italian guy, and when I told him Trump had won, he said "Oh, fer the luvva Christ, the guy's a scumbag! Everyone in the city knows it!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Sansoldier 11/12/24 12:48:25 PM #31:	Maybe I'm missing something with Trump, since I never saw The Apprentice. Do people who watched the show have an increased likelihood of idolizing him? --- http://www.youtube.com/user/san3711 <cite>Sansoldier posted [p:982910856] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Maybe I'm missing something with Trump, since I never saw The Apprentice. Do people who watched the show have an increased likelihood of idolizing him?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ironman2009 11/12/24 12:49:50 PM #32:	Sansoldier posted... Maybe I'm missing something with Trump, since I never saw The Apprentice. Do people who watched the show have an increased likelihood of idolizing him? My friend loved the show when it was on but hates his guts now. --- THRILLHO <cite>ironman2009 posted [p:982910870] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Sansoldier posted... </cite><quote>Maybe I'm missing something with Trump, since I never saw The Apprentice. Do people who watched the show have an increased likelihood of idolizing him?</quote>My friend loved the show when it was on but hates his guts now. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Heineken14 11/12/24 12:51:15 PM #33:	ReturnOfDevsman posted... Trump has been a weird kind of celebrity for decades. He was parodied in Back to the Future 2 and made a cameo appearance in Home Alone 2. This is from 1992. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TykL5os2Y4 --- Rage is a hell of an anesthetic. <cite>Heineken14 posted [p:982910887] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>ReturnOfDevsman posted... </cite><quote>Trump has been a weird kind of celebrity for decades. He was parodied in Back to the Future 2 and made a cameo appearance in Home Alone 2.</quote>This is from 1992.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TykL5os2Y4</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Philip027 11/12/24 12:59:57 PM #34:	This all makes me wonder if there's any sort of alternate reality out there where Gordon Ramsay somehow became a crazed politician. "It's fucking LAW!" <cite>Philip027 posted [p:982911001] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>This all makes me wonder if there's any sort of alternate reality out there where Gordon Ramsay somehow became a crazed politician."It's fucking LAW!"</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MagnusDJL 11/12/24 1:06:50 PM #35:	Sansoldier posted... Maybe I'm missing something with Trump, since I never saw The Apprentice. Do people who watched the show have an increased likelihood of idolizing him? I watched and really liked multiple seasons of The Apprentice back in the day and I've hated Trump's guts ever since he started presidential runs in 2016 and actually understood what kind of guy Trump actually was by that time. Voted entirely blue since 2016. <cite>MagnusDJL posted [p:982911093] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Sansoldier posted... </cite><quote>Maybe I'm missing something with Trump, since I never saw The Apprentice. Do people who watched the show have an increased likelihood of idolizing him?</quote>I watched and really liked multiple seasons of The Apprentice back in the day and I've hated Trump's guts ever since he started presidential runs in 2016 and actually understood what kind of guy Trump actually was by that time. Voted entirely blue since 2016.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CableZL 11/12/24 1:08:30 PM #36:	Philip027 posted... This all makes me wonder if there's any sort of alternate reality out there where Gordon Ramsay somehow became a crazed politician. "It's fucking LAW!" "GET OUT, YOU DONKEY!" Adds another entry to spreadsheet --- https://i.imgtc.com/d9Fc4Qq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/BKHTxYq.gif https://i.imgtc.com/vYYIuDx.jpg <cite>CableZL posted [p:982911109] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Philip027 posted... </cite><quote>This all makes me wonder if there's any sort of alternate reality out there where Gordon Ramsay somehow became a crazed politician."It's fucking LAW!"</quote>"GET OUT, YOU DONKEY!"Adds another entry to spreadsheet </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The_Popo 11/12/24 2:26:48 PM #37:	Sansoldier posted... Maybe I'm missing something with Trump, since I never saw The Apprentice. Do people who watched the show have an increased likelihood of idolizing him? I watched season 1 of the Apprentice and loved it. Didnt care for season 2, so I stopped watching early on. I watched a little bit of Celebrity Apprentice until the people I liked were eliminated. I liked the show for the contestants. Trump did very little in the show, in all honesty. He just appeared at the end to make a decision on who was fired. Started to despise Trump once he went on his Obama birther rants, and became the mascot of Fox News. --- Live action Hungry Hungry Hippos though, now that was a sport. ~Aeon Azuran <cite>The_Popo posted [p:982911983] in NBC Exec r... [t:80883522]...</cite> <quote>Sansoldier posted... </cite><quote>Maybe I'm missing something with Trump, since I never saw The Apprentice. Do people who watched the show have an increased likelihood of idolizing him?</quote>I watched season 1 of the Apprentice and loved it. Didnt care for season 2, so I stopped watching early on. I watched a little bit of Celebrity Apprentice until the people I liked were eliminated. I liked the show for the contestants. Trump did very little in the show, in all honesty. He just appeared at the end to make a decision on who was fired. Started to despise Trump once he went on his Obama birther rants, and became the mascot of Fox News. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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