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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Interrupts Coverage To Trash Trump — Refuses To Air ‘Lies’-Filled Victory Speech [1]
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Date: 2024-01-16 13:36:08+00:00
MSNBC host Rachel Maddow interrupted caucus coverage to announce they would not be carrying former President Donald Trump’s victory speech live because of all the “lies.”
Maddow co-anchored MSNBC’s special Decision 2024 coverage of the Iowa Caucuses Monday night, along with Chris Hayes, Joy Reid, Ari Melber, and Steve Kornacki. The race was called for Trump within 30 minutes, leaving cable personalities to banter about politics and wait for victory and concession speeches.
But Trump’s victory speech was not on the program, as Maddow cut in to explain that the network had “revisited” their policy of not taking his speeches live — and decided to keep it:
RACHEL MADDOW: Let me just interject. I’m sorry. I just have to do a little bit of business, just for a second. . At this point in the evening, the projected winner of the Iowa caucuses has just started giving his victory speech. . We will keep an eye on that as it happens. We will let you know if there’s any news made in that speech, if there’s anything noteworthy, something substantive and important. . The reason I’m saying this is, of course, there is a reason that we and other news organizations have generally stopped giving an unfiltered live platform to remarks by former President Trump. It is not out of spite. It is not a decision that we relish. It is a decision that we regularly revisit. and honestly, earnestly. It is not an easy decision, but there is a cost to us as a news organization of knowingly broadcasting untrue things. And that is a fundamental truth of our business and who we are. And so his remarks tonight will not air here live. We will monitor them and let you know about any moves that he makes. Steph I interrupted you. STEPHANIE RUHLE: I was just saying, I believe that’s why J.B. Pritzker is not afraid or not answering Joy’s Gaza question–
Watch above via MSNBC’s special Decision 2024 coverage of the Iowa Caucuses.
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