CNN refused to broadcast President Donald Trump’s White House address on Thursday, July 16, after his “history of false statements.”

After the move, CNN was hit with a wave of backlash from viewers as many found the move to be a form of censorship. On X, one person wrote, “Unbelievable and unacceptable, no more ‘objectivity’ CNN has no credibility……all news outlets should air any President live AND LET THEIR VIEWERS DECIDE THEIR OWN OPINIONS OF LIVE PRESIDENTS NATIONAL ADDRESSES.”

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    First of all, it’s about time. I’ve been screaming that they should cut off the media oxygen to these Traitors since Kelly Anne Cryptkeeper started spewing her alternative facts early in the first dictatorship.

    Second of all, too little too late CNN. This is just your last gasp before Ellison CBSs you, and turns you into another reliable mouthpiece for the Conservative Propaganda Machine.

    BTW, CBS showed the speech, and gave it a substatial debrief afterwords.

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    4 months ago

    Anyone who has been keeping an eye on the activities of the blatant Russian state sponsored bots on social media knows this already.

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    CNN refused to broadcast President Donald Trump’s White House address on Thursday, July 16, after his “history of false statements.”

    Bullshit. What’s the real reason, CNN? Because you’ve been covering for Trump and sane washing his BS for years.

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    4 months ago

    the same ‘lack of’ federal regulations that allows fox news to spew the bullshit and lies that they have for decades, is the same that allows cnn to not broadcast the dipshit’s speechespolitical ramblings.

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    And they were right on the spot.

    Although, I have to admit, Trump’s lies are easy to spot. He only needs to open his mouth or type something…

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    Free market, bitch! If he wants to buy the air time, he can. No one stopped him from giving the speech and no one stopped the channels that aired it from doing so. That ain’t censorship.

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      Magas have never been able to understand the concept that freedom of speech doesn’t obligate any entity to platform whatever it is you are saying.

      Ever since 2020 it’s been “How do you know conservatives are being silenced? Because they never stop telling you.”

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    Their own options are wrong. How can you agree with factually false statements and lies with no evidence to back up claims.

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    This is actually pretty awesome. Major news channels not airing a freaking presidential address because even they know no good can come from him opening his ugly lying mouth.

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    They shoulda done a 5 min broadcast delay and run a fact-checking effort as pop-up video.

    And a running count of proved-falsehoods.

    Maybe a “minutes saying false things”, a “minutes saying true things”, and a “minutes not talking”; but the last one will be stuck at 0.

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      That takes effort, energy, talent, concern, and integrity so you wouldn’t really expect to see that on CNN.

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        4 months ago

        Infowars: Curremt.leader and president of the pedophiles is lying here, reports from strait of hormuz say ships not paying US fees to pass through.

        Vice president of the pedophiles unavailable for comment, currently on holiday on unknown private island.