The broadcasters will stream the address and break in if needed, with other networks still scrambling to determine their plans for the speech. CBS, however, will air a special report at 9 p.m.
I’d prefer they air it. While it’s true that it’s just an advertisement for his same old bullshit, it’s also important. He should be allowed to further make an ass of himself by any means necessary.
Not carrying it folds into the MAGA narrative and is worse than just showing the thing.
I don’t disagree with you in principle. That is a better way to handle it overall.
But MAGA will run with “Trump was not allowed to speak on mainstream media”, and I’d argue that’s worse than being principled here. The reality is more nuanced.
Except even if everyone and their youtube podcast covered it in real time…
MAGA will just say it wasn’t covered.
And use AOC clips to show she said it shouldn’t be.
So why not cover it responsibly so when the ones on the cusp of learning the truth, can find it.
There’s no reason to cover it live and un-fact checked.
I would gently argue back that they will lie no matter what. So why publicise the lies as if they are real facts? Why pre-empt everything in prime time to just show uncontested propaganda?
Why not cover it on the nightly news at 11 as the event it really is?
The echo chamber will be on CBS and Fox anyway. I didn’t/haven’t/won’t watch it… did he say the lamestream media won’t carry him? That the dumb-o-crats don’t want him heard?
Give the people who are just trying to avoid politics and watch their show a break and report on it responsibly during the news. Let them hear the jokes after and look it up, to find it was reported on and covered responsibly.
Don’t let repetition of lies and baseless accusations be the earworm that becomes what people not plugged in to all this think is the truth because it was aired unchallenged.
I’d prefer they air it. While it’s true that it’s just an advertisement for his same old bullshit, it’s also important. He should be allowed to further make an ass of himself by any means necessary.
Not carrying it folds into the MAGA narrative and is worse than just showing the thing.
I’ll repeat my comment above. I’d rather they cover it the next day or however much time they need to present it fully fact-checked.
Airing it without side by side fact checking is irresponsible with midterms coming up.
I don’t disagree with you in principle. That is a better way to handle it overall.
But MAGA will run with “Trump was not allowed to speak on mainstream media”, and I’d argue that’s worse than being principled here. The reality is more nuanced.
Except even if everyone and their youtube podcast covered it in real time…
MAGA will just say it wasn’t covered.
And use AOC clips to show she said it shouldn’t be.
So why not cover it responsibly so when the ones on the cusp of learning the truth, can find it.
There’s no reason to cover it live and un-fact checked.
I would gently argue back that they will lie no matter what. So why publicise the lies as if they are real facts? Why pre-empt everything in prime time to just show uncontested propaganda?
Why not cover it on the nightly news at 11 as the event it really is?
The echo chamber will be on CBS and Fox anyway. I didn’t/haven’t/won’t watch it… did he say the lamestream media won’t carry him? That the dumb-o-crats don’t want him heard?
Give the people who are just trying to avoid politics and watch their show a break and report on it responsibly during the news. Let them hear the jokes after and look it up, to find it was reported on and covered responsibly.
Don’t let repetition of lies and baseless accusations be the earworm that becomes what people not plugged in to all this think is the truth because it was aired unchallenged.
That’s a good point. I didn’t think of it in those terms.
I definitely don’t like it, but I can already hear the MAGAs bitching.