Chris Christie: The Decline and Fall of "Corporate America's Candidate" for President

Humpty Dumpty may have a great fall. (Illustration by
DonkeyHotey)

"Hopefully, the nasty, ethically-challenged Christie will fade--before doing some huge national, indeed international, damage."

By Karl Grossman
I have wondered why much of the U.S. mainstream media had been promoting Chris Christie. Television stresses "likability" in on-air personalities and guests, a high "Q-score." But there was the governor of New Jersey--mean-spirited, given to vicious attacks on people--a fixture as a guest on TV, especially on NBC's Today show . Why were big corporate media boosting, cheerleading for this neo-Nixon?

The U.S. business press can be revealing sometimes and the current issue of Fortune is within an article headed: "Chris Christie: Can Corporate America's Candidate Get Out of This Jam?"

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