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Nonetheless, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News have agreed to broadcast Trump’s speech on Tuesday night.
Former President Barack Obama requested and was denied air time from major broadcast networks for a 2014 address regarding executive actions on immigration because it was deemed “overtly political” and not a “bipartisan announcement.”
A television executive told CNN “we are damned if we do and damned if we don’t” about the decision to broadcast the president’s address.
The theory of a liberal media is now dead.
No, it's not.
The only reason why CNN and MSNBC have reportedly agreed to broadcast the short speech is that it would kill CNN and MSNBC if FOX gained a humongous rating for being the only cable network to broadcast it.
Could you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Trumpeteers if the media likewise refused to carry Trump's speech?
The theory of a liberal media is now dead.
Networks agree to carry Trump’s speech about nonexistent ‘crisis’ at U.S.-Mexico border
The theory of a liberal media is now dead.
Networks agree to carry Trump’s speech about nonexistent ‘crisis’ at U.S.-Mexico border
Could you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Trumpeteers if the media likewise refused to carry Trump's speech?
Oh really? Cause I see many people saying they will boycott it.
It's the excuse they give for not airing something they don't expect anyone would watch.
They broadcast numerous addresses by Obama during his tenure... ACA, pull out of Iraq, involvement in Syria, and a Government shutdown were a few of the topics covered by these Obama public addresses that they aired.
Also, LOL that you try and use this as proof that there is no liberal media. :roll:
Could you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Trumpeteers if the media likewise refused to carry Trump's speech?
Could you imagine the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the Trumpeteers if the media likewise refused to carry Trump's speech?
They? This is a piece by Thinkprogress, decidedly not the MSM.
Well, I wasn't going to point out to you the irony of you claiming that liberal media bias is dead by using THINKPROGRESS as a source.... but since you point it out...
But my point is that those media outlets broadcast several national addresses by Obama, you have chosen the exception and tried to paint it as the rule. But that would be expected when you use ThinkProgress as a reliable source to give you all the pertinent context. :roll:
It is worth noting that it has linked to it's sources.
It is worth nothing because I am not disputing their assertion that the media outlets didn't televise one of Obama's addresses. My assertion is that they are purposely misleading by omitting the number of national addresses that they did televise. They are engineering outrage for their those seeking outrage, and they found you.
Um...I think they don't need to tell us how many times Obama was on TV. That is decidedly not the point.
LOL. It is precisely the point. Your own OP was trying to say that there is a problem with the media televising Trump and not Obama. My point is they are purposely misleading by not admitting that the media televised all but one national address by Obama in his 8 years, which breaks their attempt at manufactured outrage in all but the true believers.
Oh really? Cause I see many people saying they will boycott it.
No my point is the reason they didn't air Obama's address, which is that it would be too political. Considering that Trump is a partisan bully, it is extremely naive for the networks to think this won't be another political stunt.
Again, that is why my initial point was that their excuse with Obama was simply so they didn't have to admit that nobody would watch it. They aired numerous political national addresses by Obama in those 8 years. They only refused to televise one.
The reason they will air the Trump address is because Trump's address will get viewers.
Whats the point in not listening?
Because when someone like Trump lies like he does, people get sick and tired of hearing the lies. He is such an egotistical, lying, politically ignorant moron that his speeches make me cringe at how dumb America has become to elect him.
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