If he’s going to lie or exaggerate, why show him without simultaneous corrections? Why show lies and bigotry at all?
The media’s live broadcasts of #Trump’s rallies (presented as #COVID19 briefings) are dangerous political ads that help spread disinformation. In 2016, it was irresponsible willful ignorance. Having the benefit of hindsight, hard to see this as anything other than intentional.
— @tiffanydcross (@TiffanyDCross) March 27, 2020
By carrying Trump’s briefings live, TV networks are making an affirmative choice to use their airwaves to broadcast misinformation to millions of people during a pandemic. This is a deeply irresponsible choice. By making it, they are probably contributing to the loss of life. pic.twitter.com/PoH4iHmX29
— Adam Jentleson 🎈 (@AJentleson) March 27, 2020
Daily White House briefings are back, to huge TV ratings. But news divisions are having internal debates about covering them live, @grynbaum reports, and Ted Koppel is not a fan. https://t.co/1w0t0yimkO
— Jim Windolf (@jimwindolf) March 25, 2020
Trump’s daily “briefings” on Coronavirus have become regularly scheduled television but they don’t offer real information and cable news should stop airing them. https://t.co/XNN2wnAjZS
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 23, 2020
Good. We’re in the middle of a public health crisis, and lives depend on receiving accurate information from our public officials. https://t.co/jaFq1aZRWD
— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) March 25, 2020
The media must stop live-broadcasting Trump’s dangerous, destructive coronavirus briefings. My column https://t.co/nIs5L051zq
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) March 21, 2020
Media people who have said (directly or by implication), pls stop live coverage of these rallies-disguised-as-briefings:@jayrosen_nyu @Sulliview @jason_pontin @JenSeniorNY @maddow @Lawrence
— James Fallows (@JamesFallows) March 21, 2020
Me @JamesFallows
I know there are more. Pls add names and links in replies. https://t.co/VanxbSEJvB
At a time when misinformation could kill large numbers of people, don’t provide live broadcasts of the most prolific liar in American political history. Go to the events, pause, then explain accurate information to the public, and only mention what Trump said with factual context https://t.co/hJAGmq6pCT
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) March 21, 2020
—@AlexKoppelman on showing Trump's coronavirus press conferences live: "The situation we’re currently in… is that there is a very real possibility that in broadcasting these press conferences live… we are actively misinforming our audiences." https://t.co/5hmM9pyqu0 pic.twitter.com/q5umV9RUDx
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) March 21, 2020
You don’t need to air the president lying live.
— Matthew Yglesias (@mattyglesias) March 20, 2020
You can watch what he says, and then run an accurate report about what happened.
If a network provides real-time fact checking to these news conferences their ratings will rise.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) March 20, 2020
They are vehicles for dangerous disinformation and for the president*’s re-election campaign. https://t.co/22805mvDJU
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) March 20, 2020
It’s time for the media to stop airing these propaganda rallies masquerading as press conferences. Let him have them. Record them. And then fact-check them BEFORE airing them. Offer viewers who desperately wants facts and truth the accurate context! https://t.co/8v4Pq1A568
— Kurt Bardella (@kurtbardella) March 20, 2020
Smart, true column. https://t.co/J4rbU6uczI
— Paul Goldberger (@paulgoldberger) March 21, 2020
Maddow: If Trump is going to keep lying like he has been every day on stuff this important, we should, all of us, stop broadcasting it. Honestly, it's going to cost lives. pic.twitter.com/tMvyrE3YTK
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 21, 2020
The best option Is to stop allowing these sham press conferences that are actually political rallies. No live broadcasts. Direct questions only to the experts. If Trump muscles in to grab the attention, make sure that the same question is repeated to the experts.
— Norman Ornstein (@NormOrnstein) March 21, 2020
Morning #TeamJustice. I’m torn between thinking the media should not carry these “Trump rally” moments live – just tape them then broadcast only what Dr. Fauci says – OR broadcast every moment of Trump’s ugliness so we see just how incompetent he is to handle this crisis. https://t.co/2b6p124uvC
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) March 21, 2020
Sad! 