JustMPat

I don't know how many OPP people watched the President's Press Conference on CNN, MSNBC or Fox News yesterday, but I watched it on Fox News and saw the entire broadcast with all of the President's commentary as well as the commentaries of the President of the Ukraine, the President of El Salvador and the Reporter of Venezuelan Heritage, the latter two of whom were supportive of the President's efforts regarding stopping the caravans and fighting Socialism. Later in the day, I was told by a friend that he had watched part of it on MSNBC, but every time the President spoke on the economy, or when the others mentioned above began to praise the President and his efforts, the television image went into split screen and the network news commentator talked over them, making it impossible to hear what they were saying. One commentator purportedly told the audience "not to listen to this because the President is trying to deflect the subject" to other things. Since I did not see this myself, I cannot make a judgement on it, but I am not surprised that this may have happened, since the journalists on main stream media these days are not prone to giving unbiased news. I also know a few people from NBC who have confirmed over the last few years how "regulated" the network had become in regard to "withholding news that did not align with certain agendas." That was as far as they could go in explaining the situation, for fear of losing their jobs. Did anyone else have such an experience if they watched it on MSNBC or CNN? Because of a busy schedule right now, I cannot be on OPP as much as I would like to be but I should be interested in hearing of your observations even if I cannot have the time to comment back.

Kevyn

What happened on MSNBC is what should have happened on all networks. Trump told a bald faced lie, the anchor then cut in briefly to tell the t***h and then they went back to the conference. Allowing the president or anyone else for that matter to lie on your platform is not as you say giving unbiased news, it is promoting propaganda.

JustMPat

Ethical News Reporting involves allowing all comments to be made by the main subject, with a proper rebuttal if a news commentator does not agree with what is being said by the subject. Not allowing a full report of what is being said is tantamount to Soviet style censorship.

Kevyn

Disagreeing with an opinion is very different than allowing a blatant provable lie to go unchallenged. This was clearly a matter than the latter.

JustMPat

If the MSNBC News Commentator disagreed with what the President of the United States, the Presidents of the Ukraine and El Salvador and the Reporter of Venezuelan Heritage had to say, then she should have reserved her comments for after the Press Conference and not spoken over them so that her viewers could not hear them. She could easily have given a rebuttal to the comments after the Press Conference. That is how all networks ethically operated... until now. Thank you for your comment.

Lonewolf

Trump says the same thing's over and over when he's accused of something he says look at the econmey best ever! No matter how good the econmeny is it doesn't justfi having a c*********d president in the White House. Trump is a security threat to the United States of America and needs to be removed

Canuckus Deploracus Loc: North of the wall

I no longer watch the MSM (including Fox...Although I still enjoy Tucker Carlson on occasion)...

I have found that it is preferable to read speeches and such...

The trend of biased commentary chipping in every other word has soured me on televised news...

JustMPat

Whether or not the President says things over and over is beside the point. The actions of the MSNBC News Commentator also occurred when the President of the Ukraine, the President of El Salvador and the Reporter of Venezuelan Heritage were speaking. We all have the right to hear what is being said. MSNBC is in violation of FCC rules. Thank you for your comment.