Donald J. Trump argued that networks skipping live coverage of his primetime speech on election security should lose their broadcast licenses altogether, but you already knew that was coming.
CNN, ABC, and NBC declined to air the address live, in which Trump repeated claims that China illegally obtained millions of voter records as part of a wider scheme to sway the 2018 and 2020 elections — though NBC and ABC did stream it online. CBS, MS NOW, and Fox News, meanwhile, ran at least parts of the speech, Politico reports.
During Fox News’ airing of the spectacle, the network added, “Fox News has not seen the evidence yet and is not in a position to evaluate the accuracy of the President’s statement and claims.”
Trump singled out NBC and ABC by name, framing their decision not to air the speech as evidence they were helping bury what he called election fraud, and used the moment to renew his threat that networks unwilling to cover him should have their licenses pulled.