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Headline Roundup September 30th, 2019

Biden Campaign Asks Networks to Not Book Giuliani

Summary from the AllSides News Team

Former vice president Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign has asked major television networks to refrain from booking President Donald Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, as a guest, accusing him of knowingly lying for the president's benefit Trump in order to promote his own narrative. Giuliani took to Twitter to accuse Biden of using his influence and past positions to unfairly gain an advantage in media. Media coverage has been especially split: right-leaning outlets have rebuked the Biden camp for limiting the freedom of speech of a conservative player, whereas left-leaning outlets have cited examples of Giuliani's rhetoric and apparent dissemination of false information to back up the Biden campaign's request.

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Joe Biden thinks TV producers should stop putting Rudy Giuliani on air
Joe Biden thinks TV producers should stop putting Rudy Giuliani on air

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New York (CNN Business)Joe Biden's presidential campaign says President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani does not belong on TV.

Why? Because he spreads "unhinged, unfounded and desperate lies" through his TV interviews.
In a highly unusual letter to the major networks — including CNN — on Sunday, the Biden campaign said booking Giuliani does a disservice to viewers.
The letter from Biden officials Anita Dunn and Kate Bedingfield says "we ask that you no longer book him on your air." Barring that, the Biden campaign wants "an equivalent amount...

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Giuliani Lashes Out as Biden Camp Demands He Be Dumped From TV
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Joe Biden’s campaign implored the U.S. media on Sunday to stop booking Rudy Giuliani, who responded on Twitter that the former vice president was arrogant and entitled in “demanding” to silence him.

Frequent appearances on TV by President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer are “increasingly unhinged” and peppered with “desperate lies” about Biden and his son, according to a letter sent to various news outlets by Anita Dunn and Kate Bedingfield of Biden for President.

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Biden seeks to bar Giuliani from TV news, after Trump lawyer alleges possible Biden corruption
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Joe Biden's presidential campaign requested in a letter on Sunday that major news networks not invite President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani anymore, after Giuliani spent the morning on a series of talk shows aggressively highlighting what he called Biden's apparently corrupt dealings in Ukraine and China.

The Biden campaign wrote to NBC News, CBS News, Fox News and CNN to voice "grave concern that you continue to book Rudy Giuliani on your air to spread false, debunked conspiracy theories on behalf of Donald Trump," according to The Daily Beast,...

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