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Media Matters
The movie “The Apprentice” was well received at Cannes. It chronicles the relationship between Donald Trump and his mob lawyer-mentor Roy Cohn. Interesting–if not disturbing–timing, to be sure. Distributors have bought the rights in Canada, UK, France, Japan, Germany and a number of other countries. But the filmmakers have yet to secure a deal to release it here. Negotiations are ongoing.
According to Nielsen, Fox News Channel averaged 2.14 million viewers in prime time in June, with MSNBC at 1.22 million and CNN at 525,000.
During the Trump Administration, TV networks were forced to hire security guards to accompany their White House correspondents.