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NBC Fires Trump from The Apprentice Following Racist Comments About Mexican Immigrants

| Importance: 7/10

NBCUniversal announces on June 29, 2015, that it is ending its business relationship with Donald Trump, firing him from “The Apprentice” and cancelling the Trump-produced Miss USA and Miss Universe pageants in response to Trump’s racist comments about Mexican immigrants during his …

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The Apprentice Serves as 14-Season Promotional Vehicle for Trump Properties and Brand

| Importance: 6/10

Throughout its 14-season run from 2004 to 2015, “The Apprentice” functions as an elaborate promotional platform for Trump’s properties, businesses, and brand, with Trump maintaining a 50% ownership stake in the show and earning an estimated $214 million while simultaneously using …

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Red Channels Published, Launching Broadcasting Blacklist and Corporate "Smear and Clear" Racket

| Importance: 8/10

American Business Consultants Inc. publishes Red Channels: The Report of Communist Influence in Radio and Television on June 22, 1950, as an anti-Communist pamphlet-style book naming 151 actors, writers, musicians, broadcast journalists, and others in the context of purported Communist manipulation …

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