MSNBC and CNN declined to air Tuesday’s post-arraignment speech of former President Donald Trump at a club in Bedminster, New Jersey, but Fox News and Newsmax broadcast the speech live.
“We knew he was going to make that statement before we even got into this. So we weren’t going to make these statements live,” said MSNBC host Rachel Maddow. CNN also did not broadcast the speech live, hosted by Anderson Cooper. saying While the network monitors audio, live update on the network’s website.
“As we have said before, it is costly for news organizations to know and broadcast false content in these circumstances,” Maddow continued. “We are here to deliver the news. No matter who said it, it is in our capacity to broadcast live what is fully expected to be a series of lies and false accusations. have a detrimental effect on the (Related: ‘We have a rogue country’: Trump speaks for first time since arraignment)
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MSNBC repeatedly aired California Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff, who frequently made unsubstantiated allegations of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016 after Trump defeated Hillary Clinton. The Steele dossier was used to further the collusion allegations, but was later discredited.
A reporter on CNN Said Host Anderson Cooper said Trump was in attendance to speak, but instead of live-streaming Trump’s speech, the station sent journalist Carl Bernstein and a former White House attorney. We decided to air host Jake Tupper interviewing John Dean.
President Trump pleaded “not guilty” to all charges in Tuesday’s arraignment after a special counsel secured grand jury indictments on 37 charges, including Espionage Act violations, that were unsealed on Friday. did
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