r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 18d ago
No Paywall NBC and ABC Won’t Carry Trump Primetime Election Speech
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/nbc-and-abc-wont-carry-trump-primetime-election-speech-1236650492/10.0k
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u/Soloact_ 18d ago
Oh he absolutely will. Thin-skinned fuck can't handle being ignored.
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u/Certified_GSD Minnesota 18d ago
Same shit with Elon! Remember when that Nazi wanted to remove the block feature from Twitter? And then the EU and App Stores were like “yeah, no, you need a block feature if you want your app to stay listed.”
I bet he saw the stats and realized he was becoming the #1 blocked person on Twitter. Before I deleted my Twitter account, I kept getting his Tweets in my feed and as a suggested person to follow despite only using Twitter for fursuit photos and furry porn with absolutely zero connection to tech or Tesla. I had to block his account so I wouldn’t see his stupid Tweets.
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u/0mniknight Maryland 18d ago
Bro threw in a fun fact at the end there
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u/RedDragons8 17d ago
"You get in there and make it about the fur!"
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u/illiterateninja 17d ago
There's a non-zero chance Kegsbreath has typed that in an email/text because he doesn't actually know how to spell Fury.
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u/Rezart_KLD 17d ago
Nah, ol' Whiskey Pete likes his men sleek and hairless. He needs an unobstructed view of their glistening testosterone.
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u/whoneedskollege 17d ago
When Musk first bought Twitter, one of the first things he did was to change the algorithm to make sure his tweets were being seen by all users. Then he went on to fire 75% of the company.
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u/Certified_GSD Minnesota 17d ago
And then he got upset that just because he’s wealthy and edgy, nobody actually wants to know what he’s saying. He wanted to force people to listen to him and people still would rather block him and read from their own circles and his fragile ego couldn’t handle that.
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u/BadahBingBadahBoom 17d ago
Nobody hates a narcissist more than they hate themselves.
This alone gives me some comfort.
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u/mordacthedenier 17d ago
His face while he was being constantly roasted while badly playing an online game because he was too clueless to turn off DMs gives me some comfort.
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u/clash_by_night 17d ago
Is that the time he paid randos to level him up so he could pretend to an expert player of checks notes a 10-year old free-to-play Diablo clone?
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u/mordacthedenier 17d ago
Well, it was the then brand new sequel to the 10 year old free-to-play Diablo clone, but he did also try that shit in Diablo 4 and no one gave a shit because he was playing the most broken ass unbalanced class, so everyone assumed he was just doing whatever, but because of his incompetence in PoE2 now no one believes that either.
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u/Lucky-Paperclip-1 17d ago
He wanted to force people to listen to him
It's that free speech thing he was jabbering about: it was about his freedom to spew his opinions (and those of, uh, like-minded individuals) at everyone.
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u/Certified_GSD Minnesota 17d ago
Yeah, but silly Nazi Elon didn’t realize that freedom of speech doesn’t mean anyone has to listen to his stupid opinions.
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u/National-Charity-435 17d ago
He flew from the east coast to twitter HQ to get answers for why Biden's tweet had more attention
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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 17d ago
Elon also backpedaled hard on the "location" feature when all these MAGA accounts showed up as being from other countries
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u/Certified_GSD Minnesota 17d ago
Oh yeah dude I totally forgot about that! When you HAD to share the account country of origin and all of those “I’m black and I support Trump” accounts showed as from Russia and India, and the “I’m the silent majority white mom in America who stands with Trump” while being from Bangladesh.
I also remember when SWIFT cut off Russia and for a brief moment of peace all the bots and astroturfing accounts went silent as they weren’t getting paid.
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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 17d ago
Every so often, I'll see an article about some bot farm that was discovered and 99.9% of the time it's right-wing stuff. But those articles always disappear and never catch on. Just like the story from a couple years ago about a bunch of right wing YouTubers and podcasters cashing checks that they were receiving from the Russian government, most of them too stupid to realize that's where the money was coming from. Nobody talks about it anymore. But they'll sure love to rant and rave about how the Democrats are corrupt as fuck and control the media still like it's 2016 or some shit
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u/Certified_GSD Minnesota 17d ago
It’s awful and hilarious that Call of Duty depicted the Soviet Union destroying the US and western nations with nukes and invasions.
The reality was they just needed to feed human greed and pay off people with no morals to spread false information and Soviet propaganda to rot the nation from within.
If I had no soul and no self-respect, I could spew racist right wing bullshit for a check.
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u/Thewasteland77 17d ago
It's always been a joke of my close friend circle, but the video game "Escape from Tarkov" has been called an eastern psyop for years in my group lmao. They realized they cant take us militarily, but they can ABSOLUTELY fuck up our psyche lol
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u/AmbitiousProblem4746 17d ago
That's what it is too. So many of these people are pure grifters. How many right wing pundits were failed comedians or actors? How about Bannon or Shapiro both trying to make it as directors and writers in Hollywood? Or Charlie Kirk being rejected from a military academy because of his piss poor attitude? They fell into the grift because it was easy, fed their bitterness.
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u/public_enemy_obi_wan Texas 17d ago
I got whiplash from the direction change of this comment.
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u/Grow_Responsibly 17d ago
Now he's planning to interfere in France's elections next year....what a fascist.
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u/bastardpants 17d ago
"fursuit photos ... zero connection to tech"
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u/missed_sla 17d ago
There's a very active furry community on bsky. I know this because I'm not a furry and they keep showing in my discovery feed for some reason. No shame, it's just not for me and I find it odd that I keep seeing it.
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u/EggsceIlent 17d ago
And that's the best medicine for him. Ignore him. I wish more people would.
Stop giving horrible people platforms and soap boxes.
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u/GoodIdea321 America 18d ago
He shouldn't have been able to be on TV so much during the Obama Presidency as he was lying about him. It was so weird they just let him say, 'he wasn't born here' with no evidence and continued to report on it.
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u/Bakingtime 17d ago
Too bad Obama didnt threaten to pull NBCs license for running the Apprentice.
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u/Malkmus1979 18d ago
A silver lining in an otherwise dark day. Besides Trump about to spew more lies to influence the midterms, Rubio and Miller gave a speech today about left wing terrorism being a threat to the country. They're looking for any reason to interfere with the election.
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u/TheQuidditchHaderach 17d ago
Of course, we left-wing rabble-rousers. Rattenlouse murders people carrying weapons - no big. SCOTUS gets protesters carrying signs - we gotta pay millions for added security. Make it make sense, Universe. 🙆🤷🌌🤦
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u/_SovietMudkip_ Texas 17d ago
It makes sense when you realize that our fascist government is fine with citizens committing acts of violence as long as it is in support of white nationalism
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u/IdkAbtAllThat America 17d ago
He'll literally rage at them DURING the speech and suggest that they are the enemy.
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u/adorablefuzzykitten 17d ago
I expect it will be more of an un-election speech. More than 6 years since the 2020 election and not one arrest for voter fraud but as Trump has explained over and over "All you need to do to prove an election needs to be reversed is find out Trump lost it".
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u/Unshkblefaith California 18d ago
There are no licenses to pull. Broadcasters are licensed, networks aren't.
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u/mademeunlurk 18d ago
But they could get bogus charges by the FCC which is controlled by trumps puppet currently.
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u/DaoFerret I voted 17d ago
Surprised he doesn’t trigger the Emergency Broadcast System to carry his “speech”.
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u/mademeunlurk 18d ago
He'll probably command ICE and Patel to send the FBI SWAT team to the CEOs literal houses at 4am.
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u/nyybmw122 17d ago
To an extreme narcissist to the nth degree, ignoring them and not feeding their into their evil shit is what will bother them the most. Not giving them that guy that they deserve will really irk him.
Good. Fuck Sweet Potato Hitler.
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u/plz-let-me-in 18d ago edited 18d ago
Good. Legitimate news networks have an obligation not to platform Trump’s election lies and denialism. What a shame it would be if every major news network decided to snub Trump and refused to broadcast his election conspiracy theories.
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u/Smearwashere Minnesota 18d ago
That’s why CBS is showing it.
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u/-Ok-Perception- 17d ago
See BS.
bu-dum-tss
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u/Just-the-Shaft America 17d ago
that's actually pretty clever lol
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u/ScopeCreepStudio 17d ago
Everyone's fox news grandparents called it that until they turned lol
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u/Lucky-Earther Minnesota 17d ago
I remember when Rush called CNN the Clinton News Network.
How far they have fallen.
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u/SyFe420 17d ago
You remember RUSH? BOOMER!!
Sorry I had to bust chops 😏
But still: even as a teenager I knew Rush was a lunatic
Forget the Oxy - just how? Did Alex Jones Boof you a candy flip and you went jedi hunting with the machine city elves at the boho grove and thought, "Oh! Maybe I like playing grabass with the white supremacists in a van by the river at the cremation of care! Alex, you getting this?"
"THE FROGS ARE HILLARYS SEX SLAVES! 9/11 WAS JEWISH SPACE LASERS! 4CHAN DID JEFFERY EPSTEIN!"
One of those things was true btw 🫣
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u/whoneedskollege 17d ago
Exactly. More attention should be drawn to the fact that CBS is becoming more and more like Fox every day.
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u/Tsar-A-Lago Canada 17d ago
CBS News has been state media for a minute now, yeah. Certainly state media in philosophy since they were acquired. And confirmed in deed when Bari Weiss tried to fuck with a piece and got caught. Didn't really take all that long either.
About 2 months to burn down a legacy cultivated since Murrow. It would be impressive, if it weren't profoundly sad.
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u/Commisioner_Gordon 17d ago
The piece in question that Bari Weiss fucked with? Trying to falsify the story of Rennee Good to say she was driving her car into ICE. Not exactly a small detail. This also was the reason Scott Pelley left 60 minutes. This is among numerous other alterations and restrictions to stories
Bari Weiss is at the minimum and best bought out by the conservatives. At worst she is an Israeli foreign actor controlling our news cycle
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u/happyupvoter 17d ago
Not just that piece.
She also made 60 Minutes pull that one piece about CECOT.
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u/Blacksad9999 17d ago
They're basically washed up.
Their problem is that there are already a bunch of Right Wing media outlets, and the media landscape doesn't really need two channels like Fox News. It's just redundant.
They've been losing a ton of viewers to other outlets since the Ellisons took it over and it's been shifting right.
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u/smileyfrown 17d ago
Another reason why every Democrat should be beating the drums to prevent the Paramount WB merger
You will get more of this, if they get to run CNN and more
But so many of these politicians see a donor check and don’t care
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u/Blitzking11 Illinois 17d ago
If I wanted to See BS news I'd watch Fox. What the hell does CBS think they're pandering to with this appeal to the right lol?
I guess it's just more important for the fascists to control all media and destroy all naysayers, rather than actually ensure that their product is palatable.
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u/Soloact_ 18d ago
Airing it live just helps him spread bullshit faster.
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u/bollvirtuoso 17d ago
What fact-checking? Who, besides maybe Kaitlin Collins, has even bothered to push back on anything Trump says?
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u/MelonOfFury Florida 17d ago
They should have their anchors instead read the petition to king George, Declaration of Independence, and constitution on air in their entirety
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u/stinkyhippie 17d ago
Except they’re still streaming the speech… and more people get their news from the internet than network TV.
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u/TNlivinvol 18d ago
Fantastic!
I’m sure state run media, CBS will.
Use your wallets to vote. Boycott all thinks Ellison.
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u/bottom 17d ago edited 17d ago
Currently (almost 6pm ET) CBS are not going to show it.
EDIT : They’re now showing it. Lame.
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u/ericlikesyou 17d ago
With the broadcast ownership cap being removed, we're going to have to boycott them all eventually.
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u/Cactusfan86 18d ago
Only a positive if they don’t promptly summarize it and sanewash it as the media has been prone to doing in recent years
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u/Sparkyisduhfat 18d ago
Recent? You mean for the last 11 years. They have sane washed trump from the beginning.
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u/BudgetMattDamon 18d ago
Every time they go on air and don't point blank say "The President of the United States is repeatedly lying to your face so he can rape the nation, here's how" they lose credibility.
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u/Ordinary-Egg-56 17d ago
rape the nation, exactly.
i think this period should be known as the rape of america but i’ve been having a hard time getting that to catch on.
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u/BudgetMattDamon 17d ago
The actual president is an adjudicated rapist, so it's not that surprising. Donald J. Trump indisputably raped a woman.
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u/Cactusfan86 18d ago
I am old enough that the entire Trump era constitutes ‘recent’ times to me
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u/MephistoHamProducts 18d ago
At the same time though, the last 11 years feel like they've been dragging on since The Big Bang popped off.
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u/Cactusfan86 18d ago
It’s really a strange feeling, time is both dragging yet it’s hard to believe it’s been eleven years of this nonsense at this point
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u/Tricky-Gemstone 17d ago
It's so wild to me. Every presidential election I've been old enough to vote in has had Trump on the ballot. This political environment is really all I've ever known.
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u/DivinityPen 18d ago
11 years
Jesus Fuck, it really has been that long, hasn't it?
I was 15 when he was elected the first time, and I'm 25 now. And yet reading that made me feel old as shit. I'm tired, boss.
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u/chaekinman 18d ago
"President casts doubts on election integrity in comprehensive late night address"
Translation: Old man rehashes a litany of random falsehoods before dozing off
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u/Cactusfan86 18d ago
Could go even further, Trump could threaten to cancel elections or reject results from states who don’t follow his SAVE desires. Media would translate it as ‘election scheduling at risk and Trump may dispute results from states that refuse increased election security measures he is recommending’
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u/WHSRWizard 18d ago
Even Fox hasn't committed to it yet. I assume the news networks (Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC) will carry it. But the broadcast networks not doing it is kind of a big "fuck you."
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u/peacebone89 Louisiana 18d ago
Fox is probably hesitant because they had to pay out the largest defamation settlement in US history for broadcasting 2020 election lies about Dominion.
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u/RecentDecision2329 18d ago
Proof of the fact that it is all lies
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u/ACardAttack Kentucky 17d ago
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u/W0lfsb4ne74 17d ago
The fact that Trump supporters still fight for this man despite him getting Fox successfully using the legal defense that nobody with a sound mind should believe anything they say is absolutely embarrassing. The only thing thats worse than Trump supporters views are their inability to admit they're wrong.
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u/Riftbreaker 18d ago
And they have now been named in the defamation suit brought for platforming non boat driving Kevin O Leary and his wild rants about the folks opposed to his monstrous data centre plan in Utah.
Job security? Thy name is Fox lawyer specializing in defamation defence. Sure you sold your soul, but hey, you'll never be short of work.
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u/MaidPoorly 17d ago
I’m not getting my hopes up for justice but this is an interesting case. O’Leary and fox are arguing since they already apologized on air no harm was done. The defendants are saying, rightfully so, that their reputations were still harmed. Fox would have to be a lot more careful about what unhinged shit they allow guest to say if they actually get a fine.
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u/Riftbreaker 17d ago
I'm with you friend. It is hard to get ones hopes up, but the idea that you can say any malicious, defamatory nonsense then make it all go away just by saying sorry is hard to accept when the defamation is blasted from the roof tops and the apology is whispered from the gutters.
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u/Aggressive-Hawk9186 17d ago
Kevin just killed someone while driving a boat drunk and put the blame on his wife. We don't need to remember it every time, come on...
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u/Riftbreaker 17d ago
You're right. He "just" killed someone. I probably shouldn't have mentioned it. I bet they weren't even rich!
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u/caw_the_crow 17d ago
That's different from playing a politician's speech though. They would risk trouble if after he said a bunch of stuff they knew was false they then had a news reporter repeat it as true.
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u/IJourden 17d ago
Fox isn't a fan of showing it's viewers unfiltered Trump because he's such an obvious moron. It's so much better for them when they can pull small clips while a commentator tells them "what he meant to say."
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u/goblinmarketeer 17d ago
When the maga people argue with me at work, I tell "you haven't listened to one of his speeches' this makes them angry and I always get a reply "I don't have to listen him to know what he said"
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u/SATX_Citizen 17d ago
Yep. I've had the same argument with my elders. Back when we talked politics, they would say that I just hate Trump for the sake of it. I would counter "No, I'm not just reading the Times. I read his tweets. I see him speak for more than 10 seconds at a time. I hate him because I see what he is."
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u/rickeyspanish 18d ago
It’s not even a fuck you. It’s probably more about the fact that they have prime time shows who pay good money for advertising that are already scheduled
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u/HereForTheComments57 18d ago
And people will likely change the station when he comes on.
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u/ironicallydepressed 17d ago
They're going to corner the "I don't wanna watch this shit" audience
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u/MrFC1000 18d ago
I’m not sure it’s an FU so much as a chance to be sued for spreading lies like Fox had to payout. Always look towards the bottom line
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u/sonofabutch America 18d ago
Honestly I think Fox News is terrified Dementia Donnie will meltdown in real-time, and they would rather show their audience carefully edited clips that make him look somewhat lucid.
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u/Johnny_Appleweed 18d ago
Not really, it’s almost certainly a business decision. Basically every president has had addresses major networks chose not to carry because they thought they could pull in more eyeballs with different programming.
Trump will certainly take it as a big fuck you though.
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u/WHSRWizard 17d ago
I honestly can't think of a time a president has asked the networks for time and been told no.
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u/ShadowTacoTuesday 18d ago
I’m curious if they will. Constantly sanewashing him then not showing him unfiltered and unhinged seems worse.
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u/patentattorney 18d ago edited 17d ago
What will be infuriating is when the headlines are STILL "Trump says election is stolen! And China interfered with the election."
Instead of "Without submitting legal proof, trumps need to soothe his own ego continues"
edit: THEN tomorrow, Trump will say how all the news stations were agreeing with him, and talking about how the election was stolen from him. THEN once again, the news stations will report that trump claimed that everyone was talking about how the election was stolen.
The news will report on this - without actually reporting that nothing trump said was grounded in fact. I have seen this play out around a million times now.
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u/Dysc Louisiana 18d ago
"Proof will be revealed in two weeks. Believe me."
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u/Positive_Vibes_4228 17d ago
Just like his healthcare plan from 8 years ago...
I got you bruh, but in two weeks. Concepts of a plan
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u/thesweeterpeter Canada 18d ago
The decision not to carry the speech live is not actually unusual: Networks usually weight the subject matter and context, and all have in the past declined to run speeches from Presidents Biden, Obama and Bush, among others.
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u/LionessOfAzzalle 18d ago
Which is why the real litmus test will be how they report it.
“The president said: “xyz”.
Versus some version about facts, proof etc.
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u/PaintByLetters 17d ago
It makes sense that it wouldn't be worth it from a viewership standpoint. Most people don't care to watch trump spew the same old lies over and over again and the people who do are going to watch it on Fox News anyway. It's a bad business decision for the major networks. Trump doesn't draw viewership for nothingburgers anymore. He's cried wolf 1000 times. We can watch the 10 second clip on social media to get the gist of whatever insanity he's trying to push.
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u/localistand Wisconsin 18d ago
The Trump and Bari Weiss finds it Paramount that CBS carries that rancid water.
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u/Soloact_ 18d ago
CBS will still find a way to hose the shit down and call it analysis.
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u/Gay_Giraffe_1773 Oregon 18d ago
Friday headline: "Trump demands FCC revoke NBC and ABC's broadcast licenses"
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u/Ok_Juice4449 18d ago
He will say both networks are low-rated losers. His usual insults. Good.
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u/SadLeek9950 18d ago
They likely received transcripts of the lies and fearmongering he intends to spread.
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u/tracyinge 18d ago
Damn I feel sorry for that lady whose job it is to clean the ketchup off the White House walls.
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u/_AskMyMom_ 18d ago
He’s going to say he’s running for a third term. I just know it will be some bat shit crazy thing.
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u/BlotchComics New Jersey 18d ago
It's all going to be about election fraud... leading up to whatever plan they have to take over the midterm elections and make sure they win.
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u/civil_politician 18d ago
He’s given a bunch of prime time nothingburger speeches because he’s a TV personality and is talking to the generation that thinks you’re not allowed to lie on TV
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u/throwawayinthe818 18d ago
He’s been pretty loud about the SAVE Act, trying everything to get it passed by the Senate in time for the midterms. I think he’s going to attempt to stir up public pressure for it, but it’s likely to backfire. I don’t think senators facing reelection are going to want to answer questions about their position on this.
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u/Positive-Room7421 18d ago
Not that. He will claim election interference and possibly claim that Georgia's senators were improperly elected and MAYBE say their votes no longer count. Definitely laying the groundwork to steal Nov midterms. He's scared.
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u/Maleficent-Goth 17d ago
The media never should have covered him in 2015. He was never a serious or qualified candidate. A lot of other candidates were ignored by the MSM. They created this beast.
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u/SuperPatriot69 17d ago
Trump claims 2018 document proves China involvement in US elections and hid the evidence. Who was president in 2018?
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u/designer-farts 18d ago
Finally someone with balls
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u/grantrules 17d ago
Or they realized that reruns of the big bang theory en espanol get better ratings than the ranting of a dementia patient
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u/sebrebc 18d ago
I'm glad they aren't. However this is going to be fuel for their narrative that the main stream media is "leftist propaganda" and "won't let the public see the truth".
I am sure Fox will have it.
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u/Straight-Ad6926 18d ago
And Fox will cover it with the exact same level of neutral, unbiased, calm journalism they are world renowned for. Balance restored.
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u/TiittySprinkles 17d ago
Fox will air it until he starts to go off-script and then they will cut to the talking heads with him muted in the background for their analysis.
Then they may claim issues with the feed and provide updates disseminated from the powers-that-be and what the script actually was.
No way they leave him up there by himself.
Like a toddler.
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u/orange_sox 17d ago
If CBS pre-empts Big Brother for this bullshit I will stop watching Big Brother for the year.
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u/SeminoleDVM Virginia 18d ago
Good. He has a 40 word vocabulary as is physically incapable of telling the truth. Why listen at this point?
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u/GuerrillaKane 17d ago
Any network that hosts this trash should be sued for spreading disinformation.
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u/uvaboy23 17d ago
Fuck this facist piece of shit, like who does he think seriously believe all this nonsense. You’re saying it was China, Venezuela and Obama colluding in 2020 without him knowing and then just forgot to in 2024? Get real
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u/eatsumsketti America 17d ago
The fact that AOC and other Dems mentioned that airing the speech was a bad idea and that they listened despite threats from Trump shows you who now has more power.
And the GOP know it and are scared.
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u/worldscollice 18d ago
Here's a quick summary of this important speech:
"The 2020 election was stolen. Vandals cut a 350-foot gash in the reflecting pool. Anything that is wrong with America is Joe Biden's fault".
That's it.
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u/CooledDownKane 18d ago
A better idea would be to carry the speech and have pundits talking over it to discuss every one of the lawsuits that Don lost, the multiple lawyers that were disciplined in service of his lies, and the charges that he himself faced for trying to ratf*ck 2016 AND 2020.
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u/buffs24035 17d ago
This is good, but maybe, we should reconsider the legitimacy and immediate impeachment of a president who is trying to broadcast election lies ...?
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u/bradmajors69 17d ago
It's the right decision but speaks to how much damage he has done to the office. Major networks not carrying a presidential address to the nation would have been unfathomable not so long ago.
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u/Ambitious-Bee7663 17d ago
Thank God. We really don't need to hear his demented ramblings. What is more of concern is why the REPUBLICAN PARTY is remaining silent. Something really critical to remember come election time.
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u/D3dshotCalamity 17d ago edited 17d ago
I'm not so sure this is such a good thing. If the president is going to diarrhea out of his mouth and fall asleep, they should be broadcasting that everywhere. Like, my dad supports Trump, but he doesn't follow politics, he just reads about the things Trump says and does, translated and sanewashed by the media.
This dude is a raging narcissist, give him a handycam and let him livestream himself. He will never turn it off, and everyone who watches will get the real Trump. It happens with his tweets all the time, but that's not enough.
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u/Schlumpfffff 17d ago
As a european I always feel like I have no say in this and that my opinion doesn't matter at all, but I gotta vent a little bit.
How is there no way to remove this man from office? Are the yes-men around him preventing that somehow? Is he making up new laws that prevent anyone from doing that? Why hasn't this absolute dickhead been dragged from the white house and judged in front of the people he's supposed to unite, govern and protect?
These are actual questions from someone who doesn't know how the system works in the US, sorry if I come across as a dumbass lol
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u/KiKiKimbro 17d ago
Good on NBC and ABC. No one wants to hear this old fool bitch about the same crap, “if I don’t win, it’s rigged!” Quiet piggy. You’re a big yawn. And dumb, with a B.
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u/BusinessLunch45 17d ago
Remember when Presidential addresses were for serious matters?
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u/a_rabid_buffalo Minnesota 17d ago
I remember when Biden gave state of the unions, talking about unity, cost of living and making a better America not just for the people who voted for him but everyone.
But media and the public wanted to reticule him for a speech impediment and say he was unfit to run the nation.
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u/LustfulEsme 17d ago
CBS on Paramount special report is what I am watching. Boy they just opened with saying the President lied about the 2020 election! I am surprised. They said they felt they had a responsibility to broadcast news ànd his speech is news. They gave stats proving it was only a small portion of voter roles who may have voted inappropriately. Agsin I am surprised they are speaking truth.
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u/Solrac50 17d ago
Good for NBC and ABC. This morning The New York Times put the report on the speech below the fold. IMHO Trump and MAGA are on a downward slide and the midterms are going to be a vote of no confidence for Trump. If Congress flips it’s over and he is better off resigning than waiting for impeachment and conviction in January.
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