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'Poorly done': Trump's 'ridiculous' branded TV station gets brutal review on CNN

Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Trump TV Is Weak Propaganda Backed by Real Power

The Rebrand

The White House took an existing YouTube livestream, renamed it “Trump TV,” promoted it through official social-media channels, and filled it largely with recycled presidential speeches and other administration material, according to CNN analyst Brian Stelter. When he checked, the audience reportedly ranged from fewer than 5,000 viewers one night to about 1,000 the following afternoon.

The Audience Is Not the Power

Those numbers make the production look laughable. They…

The skinny

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