There have been numerous threads of the networks and cable news ‘talking over’ or going to commercials whenever any minority persons were at the podium.
So, even if West were given a platform, chances are the networks and cable news would have filtered him out.
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We can hope that many circumvent the networks and cable news filters, but there are millions who only get their news from those networks and cable news programs.
“many circumvent the networks’
We do here, but the majority, albeit smaller now, still tunes in the presstitutes.