Pro-Biden Newsrooms Debate Censoring Trump

Donald Trump’s early primary victories have started the “newsroom debates” again. Associated Press media reporter David Bauder penned a story headlined “Trump’s live appearances pose a riddle that news executives still haven’t solved.”

So when a newsworthy event happens – like Trump’s victory speech after the New Hampshire primary – the pro-Biden networks worry “Trump will make false statements that are difficult, if not impossible, to correct in real time — or go completely off script with something entirely unexpected.”

Does Trump make false statements? Yes, starting with his refusal to concede he lost the 2020 election. Does Biden make false statements? The name “Biden” never comes up in Bauder’s story. There are no fraught newsroom debates over what the president says live. Biden lies and mangles facts on a regular basis, but none of these networks have the slightest resistance to airing him live. This makes them look like naked partisans.

On January 24, the afternoon this AP story was posted, Biden spoke to accept the endorsement of the United Auto Workers union. CNN aired six minutes of the speech live, and there was no “fact checking” to be done. They turned to CNN reporters who touted the endorsement as a big deal, and pointed out the UAW president called Trump a “scam.” That’s lapdog coverage.