"If the idea of running for president was never serious, the whole exercise says less about politics and more about the media environment we now live in — one where even the possibility of a campaign can become just another tool for building a brand."
"It’s the President of the United States requesting to come on a college football show that didn’t exist five and a half years ago. That’s why we did it."
This is a slippery slope not only for journalists but for all broadcasters as it relates to the First Amendment, decency rules, perhaps mergers and acquisitions, and even satire.