Posted on 03/24/2020 2:38:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
NEW YORK - Six television networks began showing President Donald Trump’s briefing on the coronavirus outbreak late Monday, but only Fox News Channel stuck it out to the end nearly two hours later.
It was a notable turning point in coverage of the president’s now-daily briefings. Networks had been starting to hear criticism of how much time they have been showing the president answering questions live, reminiscent of a similar debate in the past about showing Trump’s campaign rallies.
Still, there’s a difference between political rallies and a White House discussion of a national emergency.
ABC, CBS and NBC all covered Trump at the beginning of Monday’s briefing, which began about 6:10 p.m. Eastern. After 20 minutes, they switched to the network evening newscasts, never to return to Trump. The president spoke until shortly after 8 p.m.
The cable news networks have given Trump blanket coverage for his briefings, but CNN cut away Monday at around 7:20 p.m. MSNBC followed within five minutes.
Of its own decision to stop showing Trump live, CNN said that “if the White House wants to ask for time on the network, they should make an official request. Otherwise we will make our own editorial decisions.”
MSNBC, through a spokesperson, said that “we cut away because the information no longer appeared to be valuable to the important ongoing discussion around public health.”
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scumadia forced to eat sh## and like it
if the “insurance”=MSM does this, they MUST
lose their licenses.
This is treason, sedition, and helping kill Americans.
Why would the FCC allow this?
(follow the wives).
Bet they miss the Divine Media Worship services with The One.
Every time I see one of these all I hear are gotcha questions.
Take their licenses.
His demeanor, his tackling of "nasty questions" (all the gotcha questions), and staying focused. They are pissed because he is being a good President and they are melting like the wicked witch. They want sole control over how people view or see the President and they are losing that through the conferences.
I thought Trump was a bit flat last night.
Looks like he’s thrown Faucci over and replaced him with Birx
“The most insidious power the media has, is the power to ignore.” - Chris Plante
“Our job is to give people not what they want, but what we decide they ought to have.” -Richard Salant, former president of CBS News
“We are going to impose our agenda on the coverage, by dealing with issues and subjects that we choose to deal with.” - Richard Cohen, Senior Producer, CBS Political News
“I’ll take -American Media- for $500, Alex.
The answer is: Propaganda, Deceit, Deceptions, Dishonesty, Disinformation, Distortions, Fabrications, Exaggerations, Falsehoods, Inaccuracies, Exploitation, Bias, and outright Lies.
What are: Words that describe the Evening News”
The MSM are the puppet masters of societal perception. What was called “reporting” has now become little more than omissions of details, intentional disinformation, bias, and manufactured lies to mislead the public in order to exploit events to advance their twisted narratives.
“The People will believe what the media tell them to believe.” -George Orwell
‘Our Job Is to Control Exactly What People Think’: “Well, I think that the dangerous, you know, edges here are that he [Trump] is trying to undermine the media and trying to make up his own facts. And it could be that while unemployment and the economy worsens, he could have undermined the messaging so much that he can actually control exactly what people think. And that, that is our job.”- MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinsk
Agree, Birx is now in at quarterback.
Trump was more restrained last night. Intense negotiations underway with both China and idiot Dems on the Hill.
I’ll tell you what though. I got a feeling you shouldn’t play poker with Pence. He keeps total poker face no matter what. I don’t know who the FEMA guy was the other day but when Trump said “Romneys in isolation, gee that’s too bad” I could have sworn he was trying very hard to keep a straight face.
nutwerk idiots are mistaken that ANYTIME President Trump is near a camera and a microphone they are counting it as Campaign message.
It is NOT Campaign airtime.
The Press Room needs to remove half of the chairs to tidy up a bit. It looks much better not packed full of dipsticks.
Stick with..........or stick it to...???
I don’t know why he even needs them. Any press conference he gives you can watch it live on Youtube and he wouldn’t have to deal with stupid questions from idiots from CNN or NBC.
How long do they want to continue to have viewers?
Unfortunately they are “unregulated”. The First Amendment keeps it that way. The only mechanism we have to reign in their despicable behavior is shame and they are immune. The have no dignity and should be treated as such but we have become a people who tolerate them. Up to now.
Networks??? I’ve been watching the press briefings on Whitehouse.gov.
Trump is fighting SARS-CoV-2. The MSM and the Democrats (redundant, I know) are fighting Trump. This has been the battle from day one. They will seek to minimize and reverse his victories on all fronts.
100%
The media likes to edit segments deceptively to suggest that Trump said something he did not. Live coverage takes away from their ability to lie.
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