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Dem candidate disputes record on trans athletes after Trump nickname
“Fox News reports South Carolina Senate candidate Annie Andrews says she was misrepresented on transgender sports, after Trump gave her a nickname.” — Kenji Moonfield, on air
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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFox News reports South Carolina Senate candidate Annie Andrews says she was misrepresented on transgender sports, after Trump gave her a nickname.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWith me, consultant Preston Gladwell.
Preston GladwellThanks, Kenji. First, the candidate is in a race, and a nickname is a problem. And that's a billable insight.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's it? That's the insight?
Preston GladwellFour thousand dollars an hour, young man. The obvious is premium. Now, she says her record was misrepresented, and that is also a billable insight.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFox says she's scrambling to change her tune. What do you tell a candidate in that spot?
Preston GladwellI tell her to hold this laminated flowchart. One arrow. It says: say what you mean. That's a billable insight, and now it's forty-five hundred.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentPrice went up.
Preston GladwellDemand did. Also, nicknames work because they're short. That's six thousand.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWhoa. Wait.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentBoth parties pay you for this? Somebody on the other side is hiring you too, right?
Preston GladwellI can neither confirm nor deny that both sides get the same flowchart. The arrow is reversible.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYou sold the same arrow twice.
Preston GladwellOnce an arrow, always an arrow. And your last three questions are on the meter. Nine thousand.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThis interview was free, right?
Preston GladwellThat question was eleven thousand.



