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Although the address may change the mind of anyone, there are very strong feelings for and against the decisions of television channels to broadcast it in the first place. The debate is not limited to social media, it also takes place within networks.
Issue: How should a particularly deceptive president be treated by television channels that value the truth?
For some, this is obvious: a presidential address of the Oval Office deserves live coverage. Period.
For others, it goes without saying: this president is so inclined to lie and fear that his speeches should not be broadcast live.
But MSNBC and its broadcasting network brother, NBC, go carry the address, just like its rivals.
Stephen Colbert, the host of "The Late Show ", spoke about the internal tensions in a tweet of Monday night." My network will broadcast live the speech of Trump Wall. So Tuesday at 9 pm, plug in CBS on See BS, "he wrote.
This issue reflects all the arguments going on about Trump and the media. People who believe that Trump is a serious threat for the country think that the television channels should not help spread its propaganda.The people who think that Trump saves the country think that this debate is revealing the bias of the liberal media and that the media "anti-Trump" are of genuine propagandists.
For network leaders, tradition and press judgment – the mere idea that it is "a presidential address of the oval office" – overrides the concerns
It is widely accepted that presenters and journalists will be under pressure to verify the facts and contextualize what Trump says
When the White House officially asked for it. d On Monday, as is customary in these cases, the network leaders deliberated for a few hours. but needs access to the waves and cable ducts to deliver his false story. "
On Monday night, CBS said yes, it would broadcast the address and that NBC and ABC would follow a few minutes later.The Fox and PBS broadcast network will also carry the address, as well as all the Major cable news channels, including CNN.
Many Democrat supporters and opponents of Trump disagreed.
Trump's narrative about the southern border "is really a fiction.It's the problem of its dissemination," said former Clinton White House press secretary, Joe Lockhart, the CNN channel. "New day" Tuesday.
"I hope the networks yesterday opposed the decision to put this on the carpet, because it still has not told the truth. Someone needs to check the facts, "said Lockhart. 19659014] Tuesday's prime-time speech follows several other camera interventions for a border wall last week, including a surprise appearance in the White House briefing room and a cabinet meeting of 90 minutes that Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post called "reality". "These recent appearances on television have sparked a debate over whether channels should broadcast Trump's remarks in real time."
Seth Meyers, host of "Late Night" on NBC, took a stand on it on its show Monday night.
"This is not because Trump wants to address the nation that networks need to broadcast it. If not, they're just passing on their unfiltered lies, "said Meyers, who insists on speaking in prime time, to pass it for the movie" The Masked Singer, "referring to the new contest. singing on Fox.
Democrat leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer issued a joint statement Monday night. asking for equal antenna time.
"Now that television stations have decided to broadcast the president's speech, which will indicate that if the statements he made in the past are full of mischief and misinformation, Democrats must immediately benefit from An equal amount of antenna time, "they wrote.
Tuesday morning, CNN, NBC and CBS all confirmed that they would wear the Democratic speech. The other major networks are likely to do the same
