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mysteryowl

(9,361 posts) Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:38 PM 4 hrs ago

ABC, NBC, CNN did not air Trump's election-security speech live on primary channels

And CBS cut him off.

They should have done this years ago!!!!

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-networks-face-dilemma-over-whether-air-trumps-election-security-speech-2026-07-16/

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ABC, NBC, CNN did not air Trump's election-security speech live on primary channels (Original Post) mysteryowl 4 hrs ago OP

He should NEVER have had airtime. Ever. SheltieLover 4 hrs ago #1

But once The Narcissist, er, The Apprentice orthoclad 4 hrs ago #3

I've not had tv service of any kind for well over 10 yrs & am happier for it SheltieLover 4 hrs ago #5

Yep. Text is information-rich orthoclad 4 hrs ago #8

I just don't have the patience for the hype & bs. SheltieLover 4 hrs ago #12

They ALL made wise decisions, based upon expected ratings... Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #2

So much noise orthoclad 4 hrs ago #4

I actually tried to watch some of his speech on CBS, Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #7

He HAD to go on tv orthoclad 4 hrs ago #9

I saw the headline but I didn't read the article... Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #11

What's funny is that Trump has CBS by the short hairs so they'll most likely face his wrath for cutting him off. W_HAMILTON 4 hrs ago #6

YEAH--- the one network that started to cover his live speech!!! Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #10

SheltieLover

(83,445 posts)

1. He should NEVER have had airtime. Ever.

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:44 PM

4 hrs ago

orthoclad

(5,427 posts)

3. But once The Narcissist, er, The Apprentice

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #1)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:51 PM

4 hrs ago

aired over and over, he was fixed in the US living room and there was no going back.

TV sucks.

SheltieLover

(83,445 posts)

5. I've not had tv service of any kind for well over 10 yrs & am happier for it

Reply to orthoclad (Reply #3)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:56 PM

4 hrs ago

The last thing I would ever do is watch humans trying to convince me of something.

No thanks.

I opt to read & form my own opinions.

orthoclad

(5,427 posts)

8. Yep. Text is information-rich

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #5)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:07 AM

4 hrs ago

Video is mostly noise. I can get more info from one minute of reading than 20 minutes of video.

and also: tv creates a weird semi-hypnotic, highly suggestible state in the passive viewer. The medium is the massage.

SheltieLover

(83,445 posts)

12. I just don't have the patience for the hype & bs.

Reply to orthoclad (Reply #8)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:19 AM

4 hrs ago

😝

Jack Valentino

(5,442 posts)

2. They ALL made wise decisions, based upon expected ratings...

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:50 PM

4 hrs ago

(except for CBS)--- but they DID cut him off eventually,
but then pulled in various major network anchors and reporters
to attempt to begin to 'fact-check' everything the presidential squatter had said up to that point.
but stated that Trump had presented 'so much information', (or possibly mis-information),
that it would take a while to sort it out.....

orthoclad

(5,427 posts)

4. So much noise

Reply to Jack Valentino (Reply #2)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:53 PM

4 hrs ago

the old Gish Gallop: fling shit everywhere constantly, keep your opponent busy wiping teir eyes.

Jack Valentino

(5,442 posts)

7. I actually tried to watch some of his speech on CBS,

Reply to orthoclad (Reply #4)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:05 AM

4 hrs ago

but I couldn't really follow it, accusations against China and blah blah blah----

--- but I was more interested in the way he looked and sounded----
just trying to get through this tele-mprompter recitation,
with my ad-libs of course--- a very tired and not-too-well old man---

-----And their whole crew must not have paid any attention to any polls which might have revealed approximately how much any American voters want to see Trump interrupting their viewing of any favorite network shows with his blathering about how he didn't really lose the 2020 presidential election--- while any earth human with two brain cells to rub together, BY NOW realizes that Trump did INDEED LOSE the 2020 U.S. presidential election---

LIARS CAN'T STOP LYING.

orthoclad

(5,427 posts)

9. He HAD to go on tv

Reply to Jack Valentino (Reply #7)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:10 AM

4 hrs ago

like he HAD to go on his funny-money gold coin.

Did you catch where his teleprompter writer was just fired for placing bets on a gambling/prediction site?

Jack Valentino

(5,442 posts)

11. I saw the headline but I didn't read the article...

Reply to orthoclad (Reply #9)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:16 AM

4 hrs ago

Don't they believe in FREE GAMBLING ENTERPRISE
or DON'T THEY ??

(Based upon their purported crypto-coin investments,
I suspected that they do----

but with this as well as everything else,
they are too cowardly to admit it!)

W_HAMILTON

(10,534 posts)

6. What's funny is that Trump has CBS by the short hairs so they'll most likely face his wrath for cutting him off.

Reply to mysteryowl (Original post)

Thu Jul 16, 2026, 11:59 PM

4 hrs ago

Probably even more so than the networks that didn't even bother showing him in the first place.

Jack Valentino

(5,442 posts)

10. YEAH--- the one network that started to cover his live speech!!!

Reply to W_HAMILTON (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 17, 2026, 12:12 AM

4 hrs ago

That IS funny! ----

"YEAH, we never expected the leopard to eat OUR face"
level of funny !!!!!

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