You don’t get paid by the show on which you are appearing, but you very well may be compensated by the organization you are representing. This should help explain why political campaigns spend so much on “consulting fees”, and the existence of “think tanks”. They are paying flacks to show up on cable tv and push…
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Serious question: when you get booked as a guest talking head on one of these shows, do you get paid? Like appearance fees or some shit? Obviously Wemple has a real job, but I feel like for some people being a guest on these shows is basically their career. Tell me how the sausage is made.
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