CNN reporter Brian Stelter, who produces a newsletter called ‘Reliable Sources,’ claims “responsible TV networks” shouldn’t air President Trump’s visit to the border wall.
The President is scheduled to visit Alamo, Texas today to check on the progress of the wall on the U.S. southern border.
In the latest iteration of his newsletter, Stelter dismissed Trump’s appearance as a “stunt” and tried to shame other networks into not airing the event for fear that the President could make controversial comments.
“There’s a lot of concern about what he’ll say and how he’ll say it,” the CNN reporter said. “Let me just reiterate what I said on CNN Monday morning: Responsible TV networks will not air Trump live and in full. Not after his incitement last week.”
He then claimed his network and other far-left outlets would be more responsible in airing the event than say, Fox News.
“But I think we’ll see a repeat of last Wednesday’s rally coverage, meaning that Fox and other pro-Trump networks will air Trump live, while other outlets will exercise editorial judgment and ingest what he says, then decide if any of it is newsworthy,” surmised Stelter.
Regarding Trump’s trip to Alamo, Texas today: Responsible TV networks will not air Trump live in full https://t.co/EskHcKkWP1 pic.twitter.com/LRMdLeldRX
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 12, 2021
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CNN’s Brian Stelter Wants to Censor Trump’s Visit to the Border Wall
It’s bad enough that Big Tech companies are actively doing everything in their power to suppress news and statements made by the President, but now CNN, a supposedly mainstream outlet, is rallying their liberal peers to join in.
Think about what he is essentially saying in that message.
We, the arbiters of truth at CNN, will watch President Trump’s visit to the border wall first, and only then will we decide if you, the viewer, have a right to know what happened.
Glenn Greenwald, a co-founder of The Intercept, slammed Stelter for a very similar interpretation.
“Silicon Valley defenders: Censoring Trump from all the monopolistic platforms is no big deal. He still has a press room,” Greenwald mocked.
He added, “The press: we should censor what Trump says and only broadcast and report the parts we want the public to hear, concealing the rest.”
Silicon Valley defenders: Censoring Trump from all the monopolistic platforms is no big deal. He still has a press room.
The press: we should censor what Trump says and only broadcast and report the parts we want the public to hear, concealing the rest:https://t.co/s2HnySsgDv
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 12, 2021
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Greenwald also highlighted a New York Times columnist who he says is perfectly content with Big Tech censorship “as long as they use that power to censor her adversaries, not her allies.”
“That is the authoritarian mindset in its purest expression, right there,” he added. “As long as Silicon Valley monopoly power is harnessed to silence those who think differently than I, I support it.”
Greenwald points out that there hasn’t been a single voice of opposition to silencing Trump and his supporters, with many media outlets actually cheering the Big Tech monopolies on.
Look at what this liberal NYT columnist is saying.
She’s saying she’s “disturbed” at how “dangerous” it is “to have a handful of callow young tech titans in charge of who has a megaphone,” but as long as they use that power to censor her adversaries, not her allies, she’s happy: https://t.co/bh7XDUmVL5
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) January 12, 2021
Back to Stelter, the reality here is that he doesn’t want CNN to cover a story that might put President Trump in a positive light, like a visit to the border wall.
Do you think for one moment CNN wouldn’t cover the event “live and in full” if Trump were to discuss the ongoing impeachment effort or if he were to make a statement of resignation?
Instead, he’s there to celebrate an American achievement, as one White House official put it: “The completion of more than 400 miles of border wall — a promise made, promise kept.”
That’s what they really don’t want you to hear about. And it just might work, now that the President is unable to share videos of his speech or his accomplishments on social media.
What kind of country do we live in where the one man who can’t speak to the American people directly right now is the President of the United States?
