Lawrence O'Donnell calls out reporters and news channels for giving Trump preferential treatment
Lawrence O'Donnell calls out reporters and news channels for giving Trump preferential treatment
Donald Trump rambled and lied for over an hour without any follow up questions or fact-checking. MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell says that while he hopes Vice Pre...
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O’Donnell ripped cable news networks for carrying the event live and called it “2016 all over again,” adding that outlets are making the “same mistakes” with their reporting as they did while covering Trump that election cycle.
He also criticized reporters for not asking follow-up questions and knocked networks for fact-checking only after Trump finished speaking.
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O’Donnell also knocked networks for not covering Vice President Kamala Harris’ Michigan speech live after the Trump presser, noting that his network was doing Olympics coverage before bringing viewers the last few minutes of her remarks.
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Trump is a sensational topic, people even tune in to hate watch or hate read and the media make billions of it. Trump was the best thing that happened to media companies bottom line in a long time. They give him preferential treatment because it makes them richer.
I intentionally avoid every bit of Trump information I don't need and some I do need I rely on comment sections or friends to point out. Don't get me wrong I'm still guilty of only reading headlines on other stuff sometimes but for this asshole I at least have a reason.
You see it on Lemmy.world too. Mostly Leftist and yet the vast majority of article headlines posted mention Trump if he can in any way be related to it.
"The Dems announce their platform goals, Trump rages" type BS. Constantly.