““the undisputed, undefeated heavyweight champ of earned media. According to mediaQuant, an outfit that figures how much it cost each candidate if he or she had to pay for the coverage he or she was getting, Donald Trump’s earned media was near $2 billion, with a “b,” at this point in the campaign. He had earned $400 million in February 2016 alone. To put it in other terms, he had more free coverage on television, radio, newspapers, Facebook, Twitter, and Reddit than all sixteen other Republican candidates and Hillary Clinton combined. And he had spent only about $10 million on ads at that point, which was $4 million less than Governor Kasich had.””
![“He [Donald Trump] is gotten $4 billion worth of free media. They launched his campaign. As I think the president of CBS said, you know, "He may be bad for America but he sure is good for my bottom line."” quote by Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/15f/jill-stein-660_america_he-donald-trump-is-gotten-4-billion-wort_2476105.jpg)
![“It's rather remarkable Donald Trump has had over four billion dollars of free primetime media, Hillary's [Clinton] had over two billion worth, my campaign has had essentially zip, yet we are still pushing up around five percent in the polls, which is unprecedented for a non-corporate party without…” quote by Jill Stein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1b5/jill-stein-660_bigs_it-s-rather-remarkable-donald-trump-has_902142.jpg)
![“Now, in an analysis of campaign finance filings by Politico we learned the [Donald] Trump campaign has paid Trump businesses more than $8 million so far in this race, that includes $1.3 million in rent for campaign offices, half a million for food and facilities for events, over $300,000 for…” quote by Chris Hayes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c87/chris-hayes-2208_analysis_now-in-an-analysis-of-campaign-finance-f_2907706.jpg)
![“That's another thing the #NeverTrump-ers can't figure out and despise. But the media did, too. The media was fascinated. [Donald] Trump was ratings. He was money, and still is.” quote by Rush Limbaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/316/rush-limbaugh-28_despise_that-s-another-thing-the-nevertrump-ers_1918329.jpg)
