Several US TV networks terminated live coverage of Donald Trump’s first public appearance since election night after concluding that the president was spreading disinformation. Trump unleashed a flood of incendiary and unsubstantiated claims in a 17-minute address, insisting that Democrats were using “illegal votes” to “steal the election from us.”
The president spoke as late vote-counting in battleground states showed Democrat Joe Biden steadily closing in on victory. “OK, here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the president of the United States but correcting the president of the United States,” said MSNBC anchor Brian Williams, as the network quickly ended its live coverage. “What a sad night for the United States of America to hear their president say that to falsely accuse people of trying to steal the election,” said Jake Tapper. He described it as “lie after lie after lie about the election being stolen,” with no evidence, “just smears.”
Historic moment: Major US news channels and network cut away President Trump news conference on “false claims”
Networks that cut away:
ABC, MSNBC, NPR, CBS, and NBC
Showed full conference
CNN and Fox News
Watch one here.#ElectionResults2020 #TrumpMeltdown pic.twitter.com/mnR4Gq9yZH
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) November 6, 2020
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