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.”

  • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
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    5 days ago

    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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      4 days ago

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

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        4 days 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.