Quote Originally Posted by upthemaggies View Post
"In an unprecedented move, MSNBC, NBC News, CNBC, CBS News, ABC News, and even publicly funded NPR, cut their feed from the White House as Trump began to speak about alleged voting irregularities during the 2020 contest. Among the major broadcasters, only Fox and CNN chose to air the full speech. A CNN chyron shown during his speech read: “Without any evidence, Trump says he’s being cheated.”"

"Without any evidence"
Where would you be expected to present the evidence (if it exists)? Are the media supposed to be allowed to be judge and jury?
I suppose they are and always have been judge and jury, in that they print and show what they deem newsworthy. It's why you don't even have to lie to have a political bias. Bias by omission is one of the most effective methods, it's why you will probably never read anything about Antifa violence in the Guardian/NY Times and why you'll probably never hear about Trump's law and norm breaking on Fox News.

Regarding this particular speech, do they have an ethical obligation to show Trump bo matter what he's saying? Was he willing to take questions? Was he willing to do a rigorous interview about his claims of fraud? Probably not, on all counts.