Oh well if they’re uncomfortable
The damn fools at the major US tv networks have agreed to air Trump’s stupid EMERGENCY DANGER DANGER LOOK OUT speech.
Mr. Trump’s request that the major networks broadcast his speech live set off a day of tense deliberations at ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox. By Monday evening, they had all agreed to broadcast the president’s address live at 9 p.m. Eastern. Cable news channels, including CNN and Fox News, will also carry the speech.
Some journalists worry that handing Mr. Trump a chunk of network prime time could allow the president to assert falsehoods to tens of millions of viewers. But several network producers said privately on Monday that they were uncomfortable turning down the president amid a national event affecting millions like the government shutdown. Declining Mr. Trump’s request could also open the networks to accusations of partisan bias.
Oh fuck off. Trump is a dangerous authoritarian maniac, so the fact that network producers are “uncomfortable” telling him no is hopelessly beside the point.
Ted Koppel, the veteran ABC anchor, said in an interview that given that Mr. Trump had not previously requested time for an Oval Office speech, the networks ought to give him “the benefit of the doubt.”
“When the president of the United States asks for airtime, you’ve got to do it,” Mr. Koppel said. “If what he has to say is clearly just in his self-interest and does not address the greater national interest, then the next time the White House comes around, I might not be inclined to offer it.”
According to the Daily Beast, when Obama wanted to give a speech on immigration 4 years ago he was turned down because the subject was “overtly political”. I guess when the President is white you have to put him on tv when he asks.
Waiting impatiently to hear what Trump says.
Yeah it’s a real shame Trump has no other way of having his announcements reach the population. Maybe the administration should invest in a spokesperson that is willing to meet the press regularly…
Nah, me wanty prime time tv visibility!
If cable channels were going to broadcast him regardless, the only reason the networks have agreed to join in is that they want their share of what is bound to be a high number of viewers.
Maybe if someone offered him a prime time show, he would resign to go back and be seen? Nah, I think he’s figured out that he gets non-stop press now. I probably didn’t hear Obama’s name spoken nearly as many times during his two terms as president. It seems like it’s impossible to go for an hour without hearing “Trump” something.
It’s like the proverbial train wreck you just can’t take your eyes off of, no matter how much you want to not see.
“We had to grant his request, or else he would accuse us of partisan bias.”
HE’S GOING TO DO THAT ANYWAY, YOU FOOLS!
Would have been nice to see at least one channel showing, I dunno, back-to-back episodes of Mr Bean during the speech. At least people could choose to watch a harmless bumbling fool instead of a dangerous one.