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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMaybe this is why CNN caved after 30 minutes...
... and showed the rest of the "briefing."
New York (CNN Business)Vice President Mike Pence's office has declined to allow the nation's top health officials to appear on CNN in recent days and discuss the coronavirus pandemic killing thousands of Americans, in an attempt to pressure the network into carrying the White House's lengthy daily briefings in full.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/09/media/pence-office-tv-bookings-coronavirus/index.html
msongs
(67,193 posts)earthside
(6,960 posts)These aren't 'briefings' anymore ... they are just Trump dramatic monologues with a sprinkling of coronavirus info to make CNN and MSNBC air them live.
I turn them off -- I've been watching much less of MSNBC than I have in years.
Bev54
(9,957 posts)The only way the networks are going to get the message is if we all turn it off. Trump thinks it is great because more people are home to watch him. As much as you want to see what stupid ass thing he is going to say next, Please, Please, Please stop and turn the station or turn it off. We have to get the message to the networks and that is the only way to do it.
handmade34
(22,755 posts)BComplex
(7,977 posts)What is there to watch, anyway, except for a bunch of trump team hooey.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,438 posts)Capitulation is s feature, not a bug.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)Put him on the payroll, CNN.
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Meowmee
(5,164 posts)There is 0 integrity left in journalism, it is all about ratings and dollars for the most part since 2016 for sure.
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)mcar
(42,206 posts)show every minute of the briefing. They haven't been doing so. Thus, they haven't "caved."
LAS14
(13,749 posts).... they had declared they would not show except for the medical experts. Then suddenly it was all briefing.
niyad
(112,424 posts)and kiss old bodybags' ring, as it were, to talk (or, rather, attempt) to talk to experts.
He is as much a murderer as bodybags.
Bengus81
(6,907 posts)Yet Trump demands they air the whole dog and pony show? And NO,this is Trumps demands,not Pence.
Fauci will be on CNN tomorrow morning.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213259177
tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)But was there some kind of quid pro quo?
tinymontgomery
(2,584 posts)Did CNN promise something to Pence so they have access to the doctor.
mcar
(42,206 posts)No.
They did not give in to the WH extortion attempt. It appears that they held firm and won.