Several TV networks halted live coverage of Donald Trump’s address over concerns the US president was spreading disinformation.
Several US TV networks late on Thursday halted live coverage of Donald Trump’s first public appearance since election night after concluding that the president was spreading disinformation.
Trump unleashed a flood of incendiary and unsubstantiated claims in a 17-minute address, insisting that Democrats were using “illegal votes” to “steal the election from us.
Biden responded to the declarations in a tweet saying “no one is going to take our democracy away from us. Not now, not ever.”
The US, he continued, “has come too far, fought too many battles, and endured too much to let this happen.”
Trump tried to commandeer the nation’s airwaves after a day when the slow drip of vote counting revealed his leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia dwindling.
“OK, here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the president of the United States but correcting the president of the United States,” said broadcaster MSNBC anchor Brian Williams, as the network quickly ended its live coverage.
Biden responded to the declarations in a tweet saying “no one is going to take our democracy away from us. Not now, not ever.”
The US, he continued, “has come too far, fought too many battles, and endured too much to let this happen.”
Trump tried to commandeer the nation’s airwaves after a day when the slow drip of vote counting revealed his leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia dwindling.
“OK, here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the president of the United States but correcting the president of the United States,” said broadcaster MSNBC anchor Brian Williams, as the network quickly ended its live coverage.
NBC and ABC News also pulled the plug on their live coverage of Trump.
After ABC ended its coverage, the network’s White House correspondent, Jonathan Karl, also said there was no evidence of illegal votes.
“What he seems to be frustrated by is … that it takes time to count votes,” Karl said. “It’s always taken time to count votes. But especially in this election.”
CNN kept Trump on the air, but a chyron displayed under him said, “Without any evidence, Trump says he’s being cheated.”
Anchor Jake Tapper looked weary when it was over.
“What a sad night for the United States of America to hear their president say that to falsely accuse people of trying to steal the election, to try to attack democracy in that way with this feast of falsehoods,” he said. “Lie after lie after lie. Pathetic.”
Several US TV networks late on Thursday halted live coverage of Donald Trump’s first public appearance since election night after concluding that the president was spreading disinformation.
Trump unleashed a flood of incendiary and unsubstantiated claims in a 17-minute address, insisting that Democrats were using “illegal votes” to “steal the election from us.
Biden responded to the declarations in a tweet saying “no one is going to take our democracy away from us. Not now, not ever.”
The US, he continued, “has come too far, fought too many battles, and endured too much to let this happen.”
Trump tried to commandeer the nation’s airwaves after a day when the slow drip of vote counting revealed his leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia dwindling.
“OK, here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the president of the United States but correcting the president of the United States,” said broadcaster MSNBC anchor Brian Williams, as the network quickly ended its live coverage.
Biden responded to the declarations in a tweet saying “no one is going to take our democracy away from us. Not now, not ever.”
The US, he continued, “has come too far, fought too many battles, and endured too much to let this happen.”
Trump tried to commandeer the nation’s airwaves after a day when the slow drip of vote counting revealed his leads in Pennsylvania and Georgia dwindling.
“OK, here we are again in the unusual position of not only interrupting the president of the United States but correcting the president of the United States,” said broadcaster MSNBC anchor Brian Williams, as the network quickly ended its live coverage.
NBC and ABC News also pulled the plug on their live coverage of Trump.
After ABC ended its coverage, the network’s White House correspondent, Jonathan Karl, also said there was no evidence of illegal votes.
“What he seems to be frustrated by is … that it takes time to count votes,” Karl said. “It’s always taken time to count votes. But especially in this election.”
CNN kept Trump on the air, but a chyron displayed under him said, “Without any evidence, Trump says he’s being cheated.”
Anchor Jake Tapper looked weary when it was over.
“What a sad night for the United States of America to hear their president say that to falsely accuse people of trying to steal the election, to try to attack democracy in that way with this feast of falsehoods,” he said. “Lie after lie after lie. Pathetic.”
