Rachel Maddow Tells Media To Stop Airing Trump's Coronavirus Pressers On Live TV

[hlthe2b]

I saw her last night deliver this with passion; For those who missed it, she was powerful. There is a short video clip at both links, but can't embed

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/maddow-we-should-stop-airing-trump-coronavirus-pressers-if-he-keeps-sharing-misinformation-that-could-cost-lives/

“If he keeps lying like he has been every day on stuff this important, all of us should stop broadcasting it,” said the MSNBC host.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rachel-maddow-donald-trump-coronavirus-off-air_n_5e75d802c5b6eab77948c05d

MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow on Friday issued an impassioned plea for news networks to stop broadcasting President Donald Trump’s daily press briefings about the coronavirus pandemic on live TV, warning they are “going to cost lives.”

Maddow, in a lengthy monologue, noted how Trump has repeatedly used the conferences to spread misinformation and promote developments that he knows Americans would love to hear but actually are not true.

“There may be other people in the federal government saying things that are true but these daily briefings from the White House are a litany of things from the president that would be awesome if they were true, if they were happening, but they’re not. And so the sooner we come to terms with that, I think the better for all of us,” she said.

“If it were up to me, and it’s not, I would stop putting those briefings on live TV. Not out of spite, but because it’s misinformation,” Maddow explained.

“If the president does end up saying anything true, you can run it as tape. But if he keeps lying like he has been every day on stuff this important, we should, all of us should stop broadcasting it. Honestly, it’s going to cost lives,” Maddow concluded.

[patricia92243]

1. The POTUS is going to get covered no matter who it is. If they

really did say something important, and the media missed it, there would be hell to pay.

the difference is most POTUS have enough sense to not rattle on and on for days.

[hlthe2b]

2. No.The issue is broadcasting LIVE versus having press cover, use recorded video clips, added context

They can provide full real-time video online for those who wish to see it but in the interest of preserving accurate information during a full-on emergency with this lying POS, providing video clips and summaries WITH the experts available to clarify or counter is critically necessary and the only responsible thing they can do right now.

What they are doing now is merely giving him the equivalent of a political rally every day on their air-time and hurting the public with false information.

[NCDem47]

5. Sadly, this is true.

It's the position of the presidency that warrants live, unfiltered coverage in a crisis. Trump has weaponized this fact and it sucks. It sucks big time that this asshole gets that kind of coverage.

[Nikki28]

3. this is why

I love watching Rachael because sh is the only journalist who does not air this criminal unless it was very necessary.The others air it line by line and I just don't see how that is helping. They are in on it too because they are giving him what he wants. They are reelecting him by letting him run his campaign ads on TV and makes him more powerful to spread these lies for all to see. This will stop a lot of this if they take Meadow's words to heart and only air scientist. If they are on with him in a press conference,;only air them and cut him out if he jumps in.Thank you Rachael because this is a matter of life and death. Every last one of them do this. Joy and Nicole should know better as well as Lawrence and Chris.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. The lies and misinformation aren't helping anyone. It seems like his experts

are afraid to expose his lies, which makes them as responsible as Trump for the cost of those lies.

[Gothmog]

6. I agree with Rachel

I refuse to watch trump’s press conferences